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North Korean Propaganda Series: Other 1

Posted by on July 22, 2009 2 comments

This is a continuation of the North Korean propaganda series.  Click here for the table of contents.

Notes needed to understand the posters:

  • Four Great Main Principles (4대제일주의) = Leader (수령) + Ideas (사상) + Army (군대)+ Regime (제도)
  • Three revolutions (3대혁명) = Culture revolution (문화혁명) + Technological revolution (기술혁명) + Ideology revolution (사상혁명)

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“The Four Great Main Principles” is the eternal slogan
of the our strong country’s establishment!
4대제일주의는 강성대국건설의 영원한 구호!


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Touch: Ideology (사상) Technology (기술) Culture (문화)
Let’s all march forward holding the Three revolutions banner high!
3대혁명의 기치 높이 총진군앞으로!


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Top Flag: Juche ideology change of the whole society (온 사회의 주체사상화)
Next Flag: Three revolutions (3대혁명)
Let’s always live and work through the spirit and vigor of a strong stallion!
전후 천리마대고조시기의 그기세 그기백으로 살며일하자!

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Learn and follow the Anti-Japanese patriotic mind and
항일의 애국주의 정신을 따라배워
devote yourself to Korea and become a passionate patriot
조국을 위하여 헌신하는 열렬한 애국자가되자!

Next, we’ll be looking at more assorted posters.

North Korean Propaganda Series: Great Leader Kim Il-sung

Posted by on July 20, 2009 No comments

This is a continuation of the North Korean propaganda series.  Click here for the table of contents.

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Worship the Great Leader, General Kim Il-Sung, highly like the eternal sun
위대한 수령 김일성대원수님을 영원한 해님으로 높이 모시렵니다

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We’ll win if the Great General is here!
위대한장군님만 졔시면 우리는 이긴다!


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Let’s thoroughly arm more and more through
the revolutionary ideas of the Great Leader Kim Il-Seong
위대한 수령 김일성 동지의 혁명사상으로 더욱 철저히 무장하자!


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Let’s go with the will of our great General to the end!
우리 장군님과 끝까지 뜻을 같이 하자!


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Let’s guard our loving Great Commander with our guns with  a do-or-die spirit!
경애하는 최고사령관동지를 총대로 결사옹위하자!


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Honor the old teachings of the Great Leader with your guns!
위대한수령님의 유훈을 총대로 받들리!

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The Great Leader Kim Il-Sung will be with us forever
위대한수령김일성 동지는 영원히 우리와 함께 계신다

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April 15th is the birthday of Kim Il-Sung

Top: April 15: Sun Day (4.15 태양절)
Middle: 민족최대의 명절인 4.15 태양절 만세!
Bottom: Commemorating the enactment of Sun Day and the Juche era
추체년호.태양절 제정기념)

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Let’s thoroughly arm ourselves through
위대한 수령 김일성 동지의
 the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il-Sung ‘s revolutionary ideology!
혁명사상으로 더욱 철저히 무장하자!

Father General.  I waited!
아버지 장군님. 기다렸습니다!

위대한수령님의 유훈을 철저히 관철하자!

Next, we’ll be looking at the first post of various other posters.

North Korean Propaganda Series: Juche (Self-relience)

Posted by on July 19, 2009 4 comments

This is a continuation of the North Korean propaganda series. Click here for the table of contents.

Some terms that needs explaining:

Here’s the set of the posters showing the Juche ideas:

Top: Self-sufficiency, nationalism
주체성 민족성
Bottom: Let’s stick to self-sufficiency and nationalism in revolutions and construction!
혁명과 건설에서 주체성과 민족성을 견결히 고수하자!

Spread the ideological, fight, speed, and skill battles,
사상전.투지전.속도전.기술전을 벌려
Let’s use Juche Korea’s wisdom and bravery
주체조선의 슬기와 용맹을 떨치자!

Let’s follow the great revolution of Juche
주체의 혁명위업을
and carry on and improve!
대를이어 계승발전시키자!

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Ideology, technology, and culture according to the demands of Juche!
사상도 기술도 문화도 주체의 요구대로!


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Hurray for the ideology of the marvelous Juche!
위대한 주체사상 만세!


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All of the People’s Army strongly arm themselves through the Juche war point-of-view
모든 인민군장병들은 주체적인 전쟁관점으로 튼튼히 무장하고
and always hold fast to the state of violence (언제나 격동상태를 견지하라!)


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Seon-gun (military-first) revolution guidance (선군혁명령도)
Let’s go out energetically on the highroad of Juche!
주체의 한길로 힘차게 나아가자!


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Flag: Three revolutions (3대혁명) - See explanation at the top of this post
Let’s successfully complete the undertaking of the Juche revolution
주체혁명위업을 대를 이어 계승완성하자!


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Juche (주체)
Long live the great Juche idea! (위대한 주체사상 만세!)

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Book: Kim Jung-Il (김정일),
Our style of socialism at the heart of the people brings certain victory
인민대중 중심의 우리 식 사회주의는 필승불패이다
Top: Let’s promote the superiority of our style of socialism!
우리 식 사회주의의우월성을 더욱 발양시키자!
Flag: Three Revolutions (3대혁명)

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Top: The Juche ideology lights the whole world
주체사상은 온 누리에 빛난다
Middle: Juche (주체)
The 21st century is the Kim Jung-Il century (21세기는 김정일세기)
Newspaper titles: Youth News (소년신문)
New Day (새날)
Book Titles: Kim Il-Sung (김얼성 / 金日成)
Kim Jung-Il (김정일 / 金正日)

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Ideology, technology, and culture according to the demands of Juche!
사상도 기술도 문화도 주체의 요구대로!

Next, we’ll be looking at posters dealing with the Great Leader.

North Korean Propaganda Series: Army

Posted by on July 18, 2009 1 comment

This is a continuation of the North Korean propaganda series.  Click here for the table of contents.

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Applying a club to the wolves and mad dogs is just!
승냥이와 미친개에게는 몽둥이 찜질이 제격이다!

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There’s glory to the heroic North Korean people’s army!
영웅적 조선인민군장명들에게 영광이 있으라!


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March forward for the last victory!
최후승리를 위한 강행군 앞으로!


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To Busan, to Jinhae (부산으로 진해로)
Let’s charge like lightning till the last victory!
최후승리를 향하여 번개같이 진격하자
To Busan! To Busan!! (진해로〮부산으로! 부산으로!!)


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The target is clear! (타격목표는 명백하다!)


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Launching rockets through our wisdom and strength!
우리 힘과 지혜로 민공지구위성 발사!
Our great country’s first launch! (강성대국의 첫포성)


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A unified Korea is at the tip of our guns
우리의 총창우에 통일된조국이 있다!


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For only one Korea! (하나밖에없는 조국을 위하여!)


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Let’s completely crush indiscriminately (짓뭉개버리자)
so we don’t have to attack a second time (두번다시덤벼들지못하게)

Next, we’ll be looking at posters with Juche and Seon-gun themes.

North Korean Propaganda Series: Anti-USA 2

Posted by on July 14, 2009 9 comments

This is a continuation of the North Korean propaganda series.  Click here for the table of contents.

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Top: Through the combined strength of the whole people,
온 민족의 단합된 힘으로
Bottom: let’s crush America’s scheme to provoke nuclear war!
미국의 핵전정도발책동을 짓부시자!


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Evil gentleman (검은 신사)


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The division of the Korean war will only end with corpses!
조선전쟁에서 차례질것은 오직시체와 종말뿐!


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Don’t forget the American imperialist wolves!
잊지말라 승냥이미제를!


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Let’s love guns and sincerely learn  military affairs
전민이 총대를 사랑하고 군사를 성실히 배우자!


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Do-or-die defense  (결사옹위)
Unity of one heart (일심단결)
American imperialists, look closely at our country’s power!
미제는 조선의 국력을 똑바로 보라!


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<Oplan 5027 = South Korea and USA’s plan if North Korea invades>
There’s nowhere to hide
이행성우에 미할자리가 더는 없다


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We’ll judge our mortal enemy, the American imperialists who deserve to die, until the very end!
불구대천의 원쑤 미제와 끝까지 결판을 낼것이다!


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Get rid of the enemy with no mercy! (적들을 일층무자비하게 소탕하라!)


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We’ll judge the people who mess with our pride wherever they are!
우리의 자존심을 건드리는 자 어디에 있든 결판을 낼것이다!


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Let’s expel the American imperialists and unite Korea!
미제를 몰아내고 조국을 통일하자!


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Military Demarcation Line (군사분계선)


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Death to the Yankee bastards! (양키놈들에세 죽음을!)

Next, we’ll be looking at army posters.  I am attending a funeral for my great uncle and visiting with my parents who are flying down from Alaska, so the next post probably won’t be for a few days.

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