Suh Dae-sook (22 November 1931 – 13 September 2022) was North Korean professor
emeritus
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of
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and a director of the Centre for Korean Studies at the
University of Hawaii
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. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1964 with a thesis ''Korean Communism and the rise of Kim''.
He was best known for the books ''
Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader'', published by
Columbia University Press
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and considered the best work on the early life of
Kim Il-sung
Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...
, and ''The Korean Communist Movement''. His works have been published or translated in English, Korean, Russian, and German.
Publications
*Dae-Sook Suh ''Korean Communism and the rise of Kim'' Columbia University. 1964
*Dae-Sook Suh; Chae-Jin Lee. ''Political Leadership in Korea'' Seattle:University of Washington Press, 2014. According to WorldCat, the book is in 967 libraries.
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*Dae-Sook Suh; Chae-Jin Lee, eds. ''North Korea after Kim Il Sung'' Boulder, Colo: L. Rienner, 1996
*Dae-Sook Suh, ed. ''Korean Studies: new Pacific Currents''. University of Hawaii, 1994
*Dae-Sook Suh ''Kim Il Sung: the North Korean Leader '' NY: Columbia Univ. Press, 1988/1995
*Dae-Sook Suh ''Korean Communism 1945–1989 : a reference guide. '' Univ. Hawaii Press. 1981
*Dae-Sook Suh ''New directions of domestic policy in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.'' Univ. Calif., 1995 Press. 1981
*Dae-Sook Suh ''Koreans in the Soviet Union '' Univ. Hawaii Press. 1987
*Dae-Sook Suh ''The Korean Communist Movement 1918–1948.'' Princeton Univ. Press, 1967
*Dae-Sook Suh ''Documents of Korean Communism, 1918–48'' Princeton Univ. Press, 1970. Calif., 1995 Press. 1981
See also
* Communism in Korea
The Communist movement in Korea emerged as a political movement in the early 20th century. Although the movement had a minor role in pre-war politics, the division between the communist North Korea and the anti-communist South Korea came to domin ...
* Kim Il-sung
Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...
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1931 births
2022 deaths
Columbia University alumni
University of Hawaiʻi faculty
Historians of Korea
South Korean political scientists
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