Part of a series on
Human rights in North Korea
Human rights abuses
Political prisons (Kwanliso)
Re-education camps (Kyohwaso)
Abductions and POWs
International reactions

Racism in North Korea is a phenomenon that is relatively poorly understood.[citation needed] The North Korean media and government's usage of Korean ethnic nationalism's race-based concepts such as "pure blood" has been described as racist.[1]

A classic North Korean short story, "Wolves" (or "Jackals",승냥이, 1951), by Han Sorya, has also been described as racist.[2] According to the documents from Hungarian records, in 1965, a Cuban diplomat[who?] visiting Pyongyang who tried to take a picture of the ruins of the bombardment during the Korean War was beaten for being a black person, which was soon followed by an apology from Kim Il Sung.[3] In 2014, North Korean state media published a racist rant directed at US President Barack Obama, comparing him to a "monkey".[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gabroussenko, Tatiana (2015-01-01). "Ethnic Nationalism and Internationalism in the North Korean Worldview". Race and Racism in Modern East Asia: 413–436. doi:10.1163/9789004292932_019. ISBN 9789004292932.
  2. ^ David-West, Alzo (2012-05-01). "Savage Nature and Noble Spirit in Han Sorya's Wolves: A North Korean Morality Tale". Transnational Literature. 4 (2). hdl:2328/25882. ISSN 1836-4845.
  3. ^ '헝가리의 북조선 관련 기밀해제문건', 선인, 2013.[1] (in Korean).
  4. ^ Fish, Isaac Stone. "Obama, Don't Take It Personally, North Korea Just Hates Black People". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  5. ^ Keating, Joshua (2014-05-09). "North Korea Releases Racist Screed Against Obama". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-23.


Categories