Korean Woman Explained

Korean Woman is a monthly magazine in North Korea, founded in September 1946.^[1] The magazine is the first one to be specifically dedicated to women. It is the official media outlet of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea.^[2]

History

The magazine started appearing regularly in 1947 and was published monthly until 1982 when it became bimonthly.^[3] The Socialist Women's Union also publishes an English-language equivalent called Women of Korea.^[4]

Contents

The magazine mainly promotes the achievements and the working and living conditions of Korean women, usually accompanied by large-scale color photos. In 1976, the newspaper published an anti-South Korea propaganda poster titled "Two opposite realities".^[5]

References

Works cited

• Suzy . Kim. 2010. Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 52. 4. 742–767. 10.1017/S0010417510000459. free.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Revolutionized Woman: A Primer on the Historical Rhetoric of Women in the NK Economy. Darcie Draudt. 3 July 2012. Sino-NK. en-US. 22 August 2019.
2. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=Ux9KAQAAIAAJ. ko:조선녀성. 2008. Pyongyang. Choson Yosongsa. ko. Korean Woman. 5806090.
3. Book: Patriarchy in East Asia: A Comparative Sociology of Gender. Kaku Sechiyama. BRILL. 2013. 978-90-04-24777-2. Leiden. 268. James Smith.
4. Mothers and Labourers: North Korea's Gendered Labour Force in Women in Korea. Amanda Anderson. 2016. Journal of History and Cultures. 6. 2051-221X. 14–36.
5. Tatiana Gabroussenko. From Developmentalist to Conservationist Criticism: The New Narrative of South Korea in North Korean Propaganda. Journal of Korean Studies. 16. 1. 2011. 36. 2158-1665. 10.1353/jks.2011.0008. 145152373 .