Kulloja

Kulloja (Korean: 근로자; MR: Kŭlloja; lit. Worker; [kɯːlod͡ʑa]) is a political magazine published in North Korea. Launched in 1946 it is published monthly and is an official publication of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Kulloja
Cover in 1991
CategoriesPolitical magazine
FrequencyMonthly
First issue25 October 1946 (1946-10-25)
CountryNorth Korea
Based inPyongyang
LanguageKorean
OCLC9516938

History and profile

Kulloja was first published on 25 October 1946 in Soviet Korea.[1] It is published on a monthly basis.[1][2] The magazine is an official organ of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea,[2][3] and covers articles on political science.[4]

Major contributors of Kulloja have included: Kim Chol and Ryom Kyong-yun.[5] North Korean human rights experts also published articles in the magazine, including Kim Chang-ryul, Ahn Myung-hyuk and Kim Young-guk.[6]

Editors-in-chief
  • Tae Song-su (October 1946 – November 1947)
  • Pak Chang-ok (November 1947 – March 1948)
  • Ki Sok-bok (March 1948 – 1950)

See also

References
  1. North Korea Handbook. Armonk, NY; London: M.E. Sharpe. 2002. p. 929. ISBN 978-0-7656-3523-5.
  2. The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe. Vol. 2. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2004. p. 2483. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
  3. Hyungsub Choi (2004). "Rationalizing the Guerilla State: North Korean Factory Management Reform, 1953–61". History and Technology. 20 (1): 67. doi:10.1080/0734151042000202054. S2CID 154503263.
  4. Wha-In Kim (2007). The Media-government Relations: Comparative Analysis of the United States, South Korea and North Korea's Media Coverage of Foreign Policy (PhD thesis). Rutgers University. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-109-05643-3. OCLC 429412646.
  5. Song Jiyoung (2010). "The Right to Survival in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea". European Journal of East Asian Studies. 9 (1): 87–117. doi:10.1163/156805810X517689. S2CID 143997202.
  6. Robert Weatherley; Song Jiyoung (2008). "The Evolution of Human Rights Thinking in North Korea". Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics. 24 (2): 273–274. doi:10.1080/13523270802003111. S2CID 143231124.
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