North Korean Serials
Article-level indexing for the North Korean serials
The Library of Congress' collection of North Korean materials is one of the largest in the world. As the study of North Korea is gaining more popularity among scholars and graduate students, these materials are essential to advancing our knowledge in this field. These materials are essential to advancing our knowledge of North Korea. The enhanced database will provide a range of potential benefits.
Access to these historical and cultural materials can provide insight into the policy, economic, political, social, historic, military, legal, financial, and governmental issues that affect contemporary foreign policy and strategies related to North Korea. For example, the collection of North Korean journals at the Library of Congress includes a large number of journals on literature and arts in addition to economic and political topics.
In such journals, significant themes in the lives of general North Korean public are discussed in detail, for instance, they address information and advices in parenting, recipes, nutrition, culture, and also the concerns that were most prominent in people's everyday lives. The academic value of such articles are immeasurable given the information and data that are readily available generally focus on macro-scale overview of North Korea, for instance politics and economy, often based on second-hand observations.
The collection contains publications from as early as 1948, the year the DPRK was established, through the present. At present, a total of 34,000 index records have been created for articles published in North Korean Collection. This database provides an in-depth and authoritative guide on what resources are available.
Which Serials and Articles Are Included?
At present, a total of 34,000 index records have been created for articles published in 21 journals. The journals are:
Romanized Title | Korean Title | Date Covered |
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Ch'ollima | 천리마 | 01/1961 - 12/1969 |
Chosŏn yesul | 조선 예술 | 03/1957 - 12/1969 |
Kŭlloja | 근로자 | 01/1949 - 12/1969 |
Kyŏngje chisik | 경제 지식 | 05/1960 - 12/1964 |
Chosŏn yŏsŏng | 조선 여성 | 10/1949 - 10/1967 |
Inmin | 인민 | 06/1949 - 12/1956 |
Tang kanbu dŭl ege chunŭn ch'amgo charyo | 당 간부들에게 주는 참고 자료 | 06/1959 - 11/1960 |
Kisul kyoyuk | 기술 교육 | 01/1960 - 11/1967 |
Inmin kyoyuk | 인민 교육 | 04/1955 - 11/1967 |
Kodŭng mit kisul kyoyuk | 고등 및 기술 교육 | 01/1959 - 11/1959 |
Kodŭng kyoyuk | 고등 교육 | 10/1963 - 12/1965 |
Sangŏp | 상업 | 03/1958 - 12/1964 |
Wisaeng munhwa | 위생 문화 | 04/1959 - 12/1959 |
Chaejŏng kŭmyung | 재정 금융 | 12/1957 - 12/1964 |
Inmin pogŏn | 인민 보건 | 01/1957 - 12/1960 |
Sŏndongwŏn such'ŏp | 선동원 수첩 | 01/1951 - 12/1958 |
Chosŏn misul | 조선 미술 | 08/1958 - 05/1964 |
Chosŏn susan | 조선 수산 | 01/1958 - 11/1964 |
Kyŏngje yŏn'gu | 경제 연구 | 01/1959 – 12/2007 |
Kyŏngje nonmunjip | 경제 론문집 | 01/1971 – 06/1977 |
Chosŏn yakhak | 조선 약학 | 02/1958 – 06/1962 |
For the full list of North Korean serials, visit the Korean Serials Database website.