North Korea and the crisis of communism, seen from the archives Cover Image

Coreea de Nord şi criza comunismului văzute din arhive
North Korea and the crisis of communism, seen from the archives

Author(s): Silviu Petre
Subject(s): Economy, Government/Political systems, History of Communism, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Editura Militară
Keywords: Communism; ideology; Korea; Romania; China; USSR; power; monopoly; society; economy; failure; war;

Summary/Abstract: North Korea is the last real communist state in the world, a country which preserved pure Stalinism and mixed it with Asian features, resulting in one the most oppressive and control-obsessed regimes ever created by humans. With economic and logistic help from People’s Republic of China, the communist state of Korea managed to survive, and avoid unification with South Korea or being constrained into submission by the USA. During the communist era, Romania had established close relations with Phenian and the North-Korean regime supported Bucharest in its long-lasting ideological and nationalist conflict with neighboring Hungary, also a communist state.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 66-77
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian