Korea Today No. 8, 1977
Date Made: 1977
Country: North Korea; United States
Materials: paper; ink; metal
Measurements: 24.5 cm x 18.5 cm; 9 5/8 in x 7 5/16 in; 24.5 cm x 37 cm; 9 5/8 in x 14 9/16 in
A Korea Today magazine with three female workers in the Sunchon Cement Factory on the front cover. The back cover features the Sohung-ho Lake. A 56 page magazine published published in North Korea in English for Engish speaking audiences. The magazine was first published in 1950 in Russian for export to the Soviet Union but was later published in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish. The magazine is North Korean propoganda that covers topics surrounding industrial and social progress made in the country. Korea Today is still published and circulated today. This magazine contains the following articles: "Brilliant Embodiment of Juche Idea in Our Country" "'We Must Destroy This Shop Even If We Cannot Produce Steel'" "Factor of Victory in Anti-Japanese Armed Struggle and Juche Idea" "65 Years of Dedicated Service to the Korean People a Bouquet" "'Our General Shrinks the Earth'" "A Song for Comrade Kim Il Sung" "A Large Duck Producer" "For Three Children of Chamae Islet" "A Beautiful Patriotic Deed" "Comprehensive Mechanization of Pit Operations" "The Juche Idea Is Sure Guarantee of Success in National Reunification" "Removal of Tension and Danger of Nuclear War--Prerequisite to Reunification" "South Korean People Vigorously Fight Against 'Yushin' Dictatorship" "Paleolithic Man in Our Country" "Samilpo" "Story About Mad Dog" "South Korea--An Area of Chronic Famine" "Nationalization in Countries of New-Emerging Forces is Essential to Their Complete National Liberation" "'The United States Must Pull Out Its Troops from South Korea Completely and Unconditionally"
Accession Number: 2019.074.002.002
On View: Yes