''Kunloja'' (; ) is a political magazine published in
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
. Launched in 1946 it is published monthly and is an official publication of the
Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea ( ko, 조선로동당 중앙위원회) is the highest party body between national meetings of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea. According to WPK rules, the ...
.
History and profile
''Kunloja'' was first published on 25 October 1946 in
Soviet Korea.
It is published on a monthly basis.
[ and covers articles on ]political science
Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...
.
Major contributors of ''Kunloja'' have included: Kim Chol
Kim Chol (, born c. 1960) worked as a Vice Minister in the North Korean Army. He was allegedly purged and executed in spectacular fashion for “drinking and carousing” during the period of mourning for Kim Jong-il. South Korean media repor ...
and Ryom Kyong-yun. North Korean human rights
Human rights are Morality, moral principles or Social norm, normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for ce ...
experts also published articles in the magazine, including Kim Chang-ryul
Kim or KIM may refer to:
Names
* Kim (given name)
* Kim (surname)
** Kim (Korean surname)
*** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties
**** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948
** Kim, Vietnamese f ...
, Ahn Myung-hyuk and Kim Young-guk.
Editors-in-chief
* Tae Song-su (October 1946 – November 1947)
* Pak Chang-ok
Pak Chang-ok (, 1896–1960) was a North Korean official and was a leader of the Soviet Korean faction of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), with members being mainly ethnic Koreans born in Soviet Union, after the suicide of their first leader, ...
(November 1947 – March 1948)
* Ki Sok-bok (March 1948 – 1950)
See also
*''Rodong Sinmun
''Rodong Sinmun'' (; ) is a North Korean newspaper that serves as the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. It was first published on November 1, 1945, as ''Chŏngro'' (), serving as a communication channel ...
'' – Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea daily
*''Qiushi
''Qiushi'' () is the leading official theoretical journal of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), published bi-monthly by the Central Party School and the Central Committee. The journal is headquartered in Beijing.
The publication aims to publi ...
'' – Communist Party of China equivalent
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