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title: North Korea propaganda in the collection
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/country/north-korea/
description: Browse all 33 items from North Korea in the FRAME collection, listed by date, each with its techniques, issuer, date and source.
section: Collection
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![Illustration: a dossier collage of an evidence wall of pinned propaganda posters, leaflets and printed matter from many eras, with contact sheets and catalog labels.](https://propagandaarchive.org/static/generated/hero-collection.jpg)

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# North Korea propaganda in the collection

33 objects, listed by date.

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2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/)
3. Country: North Korea

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- [선전원수책 No. 8 (Propagandist's Handbook No. 8): North Korean Workers' Party agitators' booklet, October 1948](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sonjonwon-suchaek-no8-oct-1948/) (North Korea · Oct 1948 · Name-calling, Glittering generalities)
- [선전원수책 No. 9 (Propagandist's Handbook No. 9): North Korean Workers' Party agitators' booklet, December 1948](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sonjonwon-suchaek-no9-dec-1948/) (North Korea · Dec 1948 · Glittering generalities)
- [영용한 인민군장병들이여! (Heroic Soldiers of the People's Army!): North Korean Korean War poster, charge on Busan](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kpa-charge-on-busan-poster-1951/) (North Korea · 1951 · Name-calling). Content note: Caricatured enemy soldiers shown bayoneted and drowned, one holding a bomb marked 'USA'; wartime North Korean battle poster.
- [Some People Wonder! (Believe it or not, these are POW's!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kpa-cpv-some-people-wonder-pow-leaflet-1951/) (North Korea · 1951 · Plain folks, Scapegoating)
- [쏘베트 사회주의 공화국 련맹 내각수상 쓰딸린 대원수 (Stalin, Generalissimo): North Korean portrait broadside, circa 1951](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/north-korean-stalin-broadside-1951/) (North Korea · 1951 · Transfer)
- [1953년 새해를 맞는 米帝 强占下의 南半部風景 (Scenes of the Southern Half under U.S. Imperialist Occupation, at the 1953 New Year)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kpa-new-year-1953-south-scenes-leaflet-1953/) (North Korea · 1953 · Card stacking, Name-calling)
- [FBIS Daily Report: Nodong Sinmun commentary 'Tears of the Instigator' on the 1976 Panmunjom axe incident](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pyongyang-panmunjom-axe-anniversary-fbis-1986/) (North Korea · Aug 20, 1986 · Name-calling, Scapegoating, Card stacking, Gaslighting). Content note: Contains North Korean state commentary describing U.S. personnel as 'bestial aggressors' and 'cannibals' and recasting the 1976 killing of two U.S. officers as a U.S. provocation.
- [FBIS Daily Report: Pyongyang commentary calls the 1983 Rangoon bombing a 'drama self-made by the puppets'](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pyongyang-rangoon-bombing-denial-fbis-1986/) (North Korea · Oct 9, 1986 · Name-calling, Scapegoating, Gaslighting). Content note: Contains North Korean state commentary calling the South Korean government 'the puppets' and a 'traitor', and denying responsibility for the 1983 Rangoon bombing (which killed 21) and the 1986 Kimpo airport bombing.
- [Kim Il-sung portrait flag pin beside a national flag patch, North Korea (photographed 2007)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kim-il-sung-pin-north-korea-2007/) (North Korea · Aug 2, 2007 · Transfer)
- [Kim Il-sung statue and Mansudae Grand Monument, Pyongyang (photographed 2010)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kim-il-sung-statue-mansudae-2010/) (North Korea · Sep 4, 2010 · Transfer, Cult of personality)
- [Kim Il-sung lapel badges on a school group, North Korea (photographed 2010)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kim-il-sung-badges-pyongyang-2010/) (North Korea · Sep 6, 2010 · Transfer, Cult of personality)
- [Chollima Statue, Mansu Hill, Pyongyang (photographed 2014)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chollima-statue-pyongyang-2014/) (North Korea · Jun 23, 2014 · Glittering generalities)
- [Juche Tower tribute plaques from foreign study groups, Pyongyang (photographed 2018)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/juche-tower-tribute-plaques-pyongyang-2018/) (North Korea · Mar 5, 2018 · Manufactured consensus)
- [Arirang Mass Games: national flag formed by card-holding performers, Pyongyang (photographed 2007)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/arirang-mass-games-flag-card-display-2007/) (North Korea · May 5, 2007 · Identity fusion, Glittering generalities)
- [Arirang Mass Games: card-section portrait of Kim Il Sung, Pyongyang (photographed 2007)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/arirang-mass-games-kim-il-sung-card-portrait-2007/) (North Korea · May 5, 2007 · Identity fusion, Glittering generalities)
- ["미국놈 때려잡는 군사놀이 신나요": poster in a North Korean primary school (photographed 2008)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dprk-primary-school-yankee-game-poster-2008/) (North Korea · Jun 10, 2008 · Name-calling). Content note: Classroom poster showing children striking a figure marked as an American, with a derogatory slur in the headline.
- [Arirang Mass Games: card-mosaic backdrop, Rungnado May Day Stadium (photographed 2008)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/arirang-mass-games-card-mosaic-2008/) (North Korea · Sep 24, 2008 · Identity fusion)
- [Arirang Mass Games: Sangmo nori ribbon-hat dance, May Day Stadium, Pyongyang (photographed 2008)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/arirang-mass-games-sangmo-nori-2008/) (North Korea · Sep 26, 2008 · Identity fusion)
- [Hillside slogans for Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, across the Yalu from Supung (photographed 2009)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hillside-slogans-kim-il-sung-kim-jong-il-supung-2009/) (North Korea · May 12, 2009 · Glittering generalities, Identity fusion, Repetition and the illusory truth effect)
- ["주체혁명위업을 대를 이어 계승완성하자!": street mural, Pyongyang (photographed 2010)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dprk-juche-revolutionary-cause-mural-pyongyang-2010/) (North Korea · Sep 7, 2010 · Glittering generalities)
- ["일심단결을 더욱 강화하자!": Workers' Party poster, Pyongyang (photographed 2010)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dprk-unity-poster-pyongyang-2010/) (North Korea · Sep 8, 2010 · Glittering generalities)
- ["강성대국을 향하여!": roadside slogan board (photographed 2011)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kangsong-taeguk-guerrilla-style-signboard-2011/) (North Korea · Aug 13, 2011 · Glittering generalities, Transfer)
- ["선군정치의 위대한 승리 만세!": paired roadside murals (photographed 2011)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/songun-victory-roadside-murals-2011/) (North Korea · Aug 15, 2011 · Glittering generalities, Bandwagon)
- ["위대한 장군님의 선군사상으로 사회주의위업을 끝까지 완성하자!": Songun billboard, Pyongyang (photographed 2011)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/songun-thought-billboard-pyongyang-2011/) (North Korea · Sep 2, 2011 · Glittering generalities, Identity fusion)
- ["21세기의 태양 김정일장군 만세!": billboard, Pyongyang (photographed 2011)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sun-of-21st-century-kim-jong-il-billboard-2011/) (North Korea · Sep 2, 2011 · Glittering generalities, Transfer)
- [Two billboards: unity around the revolutionary headquarters, and the banner of the Three Revolutions, Pyongyang (photographed 2012)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dprk-revolutionary-hq-unity-three-revolutions-billboards-2012/) (North Korea · Aug 6, 2012 · Glittering generalities, Bandwagon)
- [Rodong Sinmun public reading stand on a Pyongyang Metro platform (photographed 2012)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rodong-sinmun-metro-reading-stand-2012/) (North Korea · Aug 6, 2012 · Manufactured consensus)
- [Three roadside murals: "Long live the great victory of Songun politics!" and two companion slogans, Pyongyang (photographed 2014)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dprk-three-murals-songun-victory-pyongyang-2014/) (North Korea · Jun 23, 2014 · Glittering generalities, Bandwagon, Repetition and the illusory truth effect)
- ["Ride the Chollima, run higher and faster!": factory wall poster, North Korea (photographed 2016)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dprk-ride-chollima-higher-faster-factory-poster-2016/) (North Korea · Dec 30, 2016 · Glittering generalities, Bandwagon)
- ["결사옹위" (defend to the death): roadside sign with armed figures, North Korea (photographed 2017)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dprk-defend-leadership-to-the-death-roadside-sign-2017/) (North Korea · Jan 2, 2017 · Identity fusion, Glittering generalities)
- [Newspaper page on a Pyongyang Metro reading stand: Kim Jong-un at Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, New Year 2017 (photographed 2017)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dprk-newspaper-kumsusan-new-year-visit-subway-stand-2017/) (North Korea · Jan 2, 2017 · Transfer, Manufactured consensus)
- [Passenger reading Rodong Sinmun, Puhung Station, Pyongyang Metro (photographed 2017)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rodong-sinmun-reader-puhung-station-2017/) (North Korea · Sep 9, 2017 · Manufactured consensus)
- [Mural of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il: "Uphold them forever as the sun of Juche!", Bukseong and Chollima Street, Pyongyang (photographed 2019)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dprk-eternal-sun-of-juche-mural-pyongyang-2019/) (North Korea · Jul 14, 2019 · Glittering generalities, Identity fusion)
