Lots of editing and re-ordering going on, this is a work in progress.
I am a student learning Korean, so I may get some translations wrong. Please, for myself and those reading, help me correct terminology that I have interpreted wrongly. Thanks!
North Korean
- Children
- Daily Life
- Agriculture 1 2 3 4
- Industry 1 2
- Anti-USA 1 2 3 4 5 6
- Army 1 2
- Ideology 1 2
- The Party
- Socialism
- Juche (Self-reliance)
- Seon-gun (Military-first)
- Unification
- Great Leader Kim Il-sung
- Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il
- Next Leader Kim Jong-un?
- Other 1 2 3 4
- Music about 1 Leaders 2 Ideology 3 Party 4 Military
South Korean
Ever since learning Korean, I have had an immense interest in North Korea. It’s a very unique country, the only one of it’s kind in the world left today. Hopefully, I’ll see unification in this lifetime with democracy and capitalism winning in a non-violent manner. What will really happen, who knows. Okay, so this is the first post in a series of posts that showcase various propaganda posters put out by North Korea. The first post contains posters featuring the women in the country. The next set of posts will be posters targeted towards children, against the USA and other general topics. I had a few goals when I set out to create this set. First, I wanted to make the most comprehensive collection of propaganda posters. I have about 86 posters, so you can see why I decided to split it up. Second, I wanted to provide translations for all those who are interested in knowing what they say. Please remember, I’ve never actually been to Korea so I have to rely on my knowledge and dictionaries to come up with the translations. If I translate anything wrong, you can notify me in the comments and I’ll fix it. I’ve already noticed some North Korean dialect (you can learn more at the Korean Wiki Project) used in the posters. I personally love learning different dialects, North Korean being the one I’m most interested in.
For those interested in North Korean, some of the language differences and North Korean-specific terminology you see in the posters are:
- ㄹ is never changed to ㅇ in North Korean, like 분렬 would normally be 분열 in the South Korean
- North Korean composite words don’t add a ㅅ between Korean-roots
- Quotes are placed inside 《 and 》
- There aren’t as many spaces between words that are connected to have one meaning. South Korean usually adds spaces between almost every word.
- 정춘실 운동 is a campaign for socialism performed by 정춘실 (Choon-shil Jeung) and is therefore not found in South Korea.
- 조국 is a word to describe the entire country of Korea, though it literally means “motherland”
- 선군 means military-first (as in priorities) and is usually used in the context of a political strategy
- 주체 (Juche) is the idea that you don’t have to depend on other people
- For more information on the ideologies of Juche and Seon-gun, see this post which takes the explanation directly from the North Korean media.
- 4 Great Main Principles (4대제일주의) = Leader (수령) + Ideas (사상) + Army (군대)+ Regime (제도)
- Three revolutions (3대혁명) = Culture revolution (문화혁명) + Technological revolution (기술혁명) + Ideology revolution (사상혁명)
- Four Great Main Principles (4대제일주의) = Leader (수령) + Ideas (사상) + Army (군대)+ Regime (제도)
- 우 = 위, 테제 = 주제, 원쑤 = 원수, 미제 = 미국 제국, 돐 = 돌
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