This unique book examines the conceptual development of human
rights in North Korea from historical, political and cultural
perspectives.
Dr Jiyoung Song explains how North Korea has understood the
concepts of human rights in its public documents since its
independence from Japan in 1945. Through active campaigns and
international criticism, foreign governments and non-governmental
organisations outside North Korea have made numerous allegations of
human rights violations. On the other hand, the efforts to engage
with North Korea in order to improve the human rights situation
through humanitarian assistance and to understand how North Koreans
interpret human rights are often overshadowed by "naming and
shaming" and "push-until-it-collapses" approaches. Using close
readings and analyses of the collected works of Kim Il Sung and Kim
Jong Il, North Korea's official newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, as well
interviews with North Korean defectors and diplomats in South
Korea, China and Europe, Dr Song gives thought-provoking and highly
debatable accounts for the historically post-colonial, politically
Marxist and culturally Confucian elements of North Korean rights
thinking.
As a piece of research on a nation shrouded in mystery this book
will be essential reading for anyone researching human rights
issues, Asian politics and international relations.
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