AN ANALYSIS OF RELIGIOUS FORMS OF JUCHE IDEOLOGY IN COMPARISON WITH CHRISTIANITY
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It has become nowadays persuasive that North Korean society uniformed by juche ideology and worship for the Great Leader Kim Il Sung, contains sort of religious nature. It has developed juche ideology into a sort of world or personal view of life, and designated the birthplace of Kim Il Sung as sacred precincts. North Korean Workers’ Party formulated the phrase of propaganda, “The great leader comrade Kim Il Sung shall be with us forever,” so that it attempts to carve him an immortal being based upon juche theory of socio-political organism. Kim Il Sung has now been praised not only as a historical hero and national leader, but as an object of godly worship. The sacred worship for juche ideology and Kim Il Sung is expressed in various forms of behavior and rituals in North Korea. It was in post-socialism era that the religious characteristics became salient in North Korea. North Korea suffered from serious economic and military crisis at the times of the collapse of socialist countries in the early 1990s. In the mid-1990s, North Korea suffered an extreme food crisis followed by mass starvation. Nevertheless, people’s discontent did not bring about any revolt in an extremely difficult situation, rather they were led to overcome the crisis by launching what so called “Arduous March.” From all of these phenomena, many think that North Korean society has now without doubt evolved into a sort of religious sect. In particular, visitors to North Korea or North Korean defectors often have often pointed out that the life style and values of North Korean people are very similar to those of Christianity. However, no systematic study has been performed regarding the issues of religious property or Christian similarities of North Korean society. In this sense, this study explores to compare juche ideology with Christian religious forms, and tries to examine religious characteristics soaked in North Korean society.
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It has become nowadays persuasive that North Korean society uniformed by juche ideology and worship for the Great Leader Kim Il Sung, contains sort of religious nature. It has developed juche ideology into a sort of world or personal view of life, and designated the birthplace of Kim Il Sung as sacred precincts. North Korean Workers’ Party formulated the phrase of propaganda, “The great leader comrade Kim Il Sung shall be with us forever,” so that it attempts to carve him an immortal being based upon juche theory of socio-political organism. Kim Il Sung has now been praised not only as a historical hero and national leader, but as an object of godly worship. The sacred worship for juche ideology and Kim Il Sung is expressed in various forms of behavior and rituals in North Korea. It was in post-socialism era that the religious characteristics became salient in North Korea. North Korea suffered from serious economic and military crisis at the times of the collapse of socialist countries in the early 1990s. In the mid-1990s, North Korea suffered an extreme food crisis followed by mass starvation. Nevertheless, people’s discontent did not bring about any revolt in an extremely difficult situation, rather they were led to overcome the crisis by launching what so called “Arduous March.” From all of these phenomena, many think that North Korean society has now without doubt evolved into a sort of religious sect. In particular, visitors to North Korea or North Korean defectors often have often pointed out that the life style and values of North Korean people are very similar to those of Christianity. However, no systematic study has been performed regarding the issues of religious property or Christian similarities of North Korean society. In this sense, this study explores to compare juche ideology with Christian religious forms, and tries to examine religious characteristics soaked in North Korean society.