Juche idea study course: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=OymYKXvrCF0

‘Let us advance under the banner of Marxism-Leninism and the Juche Idea’ – https://archive.org/details/LetUsAdvanceUnderTheBannerOfMarxism-leninismAndTheJucheIdeaOnThe

John Major: ‘Want undiluted sovereignty? Go to North Korea’ – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36170066

RAND report in 2020: DPRK will have 200 nukes by 2027 – https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/07/north-korea-nuclear-weapons-united-states-deterrence/ – https://www.rand.org/news/advisories/2021/04/12.html

Juche Idea: Answers to Hundred Questions – https://archive.org/details/juche-questions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Eliminating_Dogmatism_and_Formalism_and_Establishing_Juche_in_Ideological_Work

https://exploredprk.com/articles/housing-problem-and-the-dprk/

https://exploredprk.com/

http://www.gnu.rep.kp/ – the official website of DPRK broadcasting. There’s some videos on the site. The .kp TLD is controlled by DPRK, all websites that end with .kp are DPRK websites.

https://kcnawatch.org/kctv-archive/ – has video archives of DPRK TV broadcast. KCNA is the name of the DPRK state news but this website is owned by an American company called NK News

healthcare system: https://web.archive.org/web/20221024155438/https://www.globalasia.org/v16no3/cover/north-koreas-surprisingly-robust-healthcare-system_kee-b-parkedward-i-ham

Really boring Swiss report about the technicalities of how the political system works there. This type of source is good because it’s not propaganda, it’s for academics and governance experts – https://web.archive.org/web/20221217045342/https://www.asgp.info/Publications/CPI-English/1992_163_01-e.pdf

Election data – https://web.archive.org/web/20171021163836/https://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2085_E.htm

https://www.38north.org/resources/ – This is a very good website. It’s run by Korean-Americans who are bilingual in English and Korean, and is dedicated to understanding primary sources from within the DPRK, like academic journals about economics. Article about consumerism. Article about banking. ‘Reports of North Korea’s Return to a Command Economy Have Been Exaggerated’. https://www.38north.org/2023/02/understanding-kim-jong-uns-economic-policymaking-key-findings-and-implications/

N. Korea revises constitution to include Kim Jong-un’s reform-oriented approach to economy [2019]: https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_northkorea/901610.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20210329180009/https://www.dailynk.com/english/north-koreas-new-agricultural-system-yields-promising-results/

Documentary: loyal citizens of pyongyang in seoul

Documentary: my brothers and sisters in the north

youtube channel: DPRK explained

Talking points/one-pager: https://dprkorea.carrd.co/ or https://web.archive.org/web/20230502123305/https://dprkorea.carrd.co/

https://www.kfausa.org/resources/ – overseas outreach arm

“Patriots, traitors and empires” by Stephen gowans. It’s a great read on the history of Korea.