How communist is North Korea?: From the birth to the death of Marxist ideas of human rights

• Main Author: SONG, Jiyoung
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: North Korea; Marxist philosophy; communist societies; Confucian ethics; citizens; Asian Studies; International Relations; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1319; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2575/viewcontent/HowCommunistNorthKorea_2010.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article focuses on the Marxist characteristics of North Korea in its interpretation of human rights. The author's main argument is that many Marxist features pre-existed in Korea. Complying with Marxist orthodoxy, North Korea is fundamentally hostile to the notion of human rights in capita...