“We are communists and friends.” Contacts between the Polish United Workers’ Party and the Workers’ Party of Korea in the 80s Cover Image

„Jesteśmy komunistami i przyjaciółmi”. Kontakty pomiędzy Polską Zjednoczoną Partią Robotniczą a Partią Pracy Korei w latach osiemdziesiątych
“We are communists and friends.” Contacts between the Polish United Workers’ Party and the Workers’ Party of Korea in the 80s

Author(s): Sylwia Szyc
Subject(s): Diplomatic history, Political history, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Political behavior, Comparative politics, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej
Keywords: Polish United Workers’ Party (PUWP); Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK); international relations; Polish People’s Republic (PPR); Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK); North Korea;

Summary/Abstract: In the nineties of the 20th century, the relations between the Polish People’s Republic and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea were visibly intensifying. One of the evident levels of this intensification were inter-party relations. The objective of this article is to discuss the nature and main areas in which the Polish United Workers’ Party and the Workers’ Party of Korea maintained contact and organised visits in their countries in 1980–1989.

  • Issue Year: 32/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 346-369
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish