On My Way To Korea

This is a small project following the North Korean propaganda series showcasing some South Korean propaganda.  I have to admit, I’ve done a really bad job in linking back where I got many of the images from the North Korean series.  In the future I’d like to go back and see if I can track down the original sources.  Most of the posters in the South Korean series come from here.

Pages in this series

North Korean

1. Women
2. Children
3. Anti-USA 1
4. Anti-USA 2
5. Army
6. Juche and Seon-gun
7. Great Leader
8. Other 1
9. Other 2
10. Anti-USA 3
11. Great Leader 2
12. Juche and Seon-gun 2
13. Other 3
14. Other 4
15. Other 5
16. Other 6
17. Other 7
    

South Korean

1. Extreme
2. Other 1
3. Other 2
4. Original

Here’s the first set of posters which are the more extreme examples:

Why do I have to follow the path of death in this attack?
이번 공격에 나는 왜 죽엄의 길을 가야 하나?
Language Note: 죽엄  is used which I assume is death.  It might be a misspelling, a certain dialect, or maybe shows a change in the Korean language over time.

The communist party, squeezing out the sweat and blood of the farmers!
농민의 고혈을 짜는 공산당!

Left: “We long for peace.” (우리들은 평화를 갈망합니다.)
Phony Kim Il-Sung: “But the communist party must wage war to grasp power over Korea”
가짜 김일성: “그러나. 공산당은 한국에서 권세를 잡기 위해서 전쟁을 하여야 한다.”
Right: Phony Kim Il-Sung: “Oh!  Where did my face go?”
가짜김일성: “아! 내 상판이 어디루 갔나?”

Middle: The people’s freedom (국민의 자유)
Bottom: The evil hand of communism takes away freedom (자유를 빼앗는 공산주의마수)

Hands:
(These are probably names of famous land owners)
한우교, 이동우, 김동방, 맹춘식, 김지수, 김광, 송봉욱
Right:
Don’t accept these people’s ?examples?!    Help the poor people!
이자들의 본을 받지 말라! 불상한 백성들을 도우라!

Comrades of the People’s Army!  North Korea, who is the puppet of Kim Il-Sung, was sold out to the Chinese Communist Army!
인민군 동지들이여! 괴뢰 김일성이는 북한을 중공군에게 팔아 먹었다!

Top:
The North Korean people are being deceived! (북한인민은 이렇게 뜯기기만한다!)
Wolves:
Taxes (무슨 세금), Land taxes (지방유지세), Fees (무슨 회비), ?? (현불세), income taxes (소득세)
Bag: Income (수입)

Left: You are being cheated and falling into their hands! (당신들은 속아넙어가고 있소)
Above idol: Communism (공산주의)
Below idol: North Korea (북한), People (인민)
Name on shirt: Kim Il-Sung (김일성)

Left: North Korean communist soldiers are being coerced and pushed for Russia’s war
북한공산 군병사들은 로서아를 위한 전쟁에 강제로 끌려 나아가다
People left to right:
Russian imperialism (로서아 제국주의), Chinese communism management (중공관리),
North Korean Red Army officers (북한공산군장교), North Korean Red Army soldiers (북한공산군병사)
Right:
Communist aggressive war (공산침략전)
Language Note: It appears Russia used to be referred to as 로서아

People left to right: Mao Zedong (모택동), Stalin (스탈린 ), Kim Il-Sung (김일성)
Right: The landowner, the servant, and the cow (지주와 그하인과 소)

Top: The communist party’s three rules for the people
공산당이 인민에게 요구하는 三(삼)대조건
Left to right: (Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil)
Don’t listen to true words (참말은 듣지 말라)
Don’t look at true things (참것은 보지 말라)
Don’t speak true words (참말은 하지 말라)

Next we’ll be looking at some less extreme posters after which I’ll show you some never-before seen posters (online at least) provided to me by one of my relatives who actually went to Korea and kept some propaganda.