The Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House (WPKPH, ) is the principal

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of the

Workers' Party of Korea The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the founding and sole ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea. Founded in 1949 from the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of ...

(WPK) and one of the two main publishers in the country. It publishes magazines and books on politics, such as the works 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 Kim Jong-il, posters and works of fiction. The current director-general and editor-in-chief is Ri Yong-chol.

Organization

The publishing house is under the control of the WPK's

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and is the party's most important publisher. It was founded in October 1945 in Pyongyang, where it is still based. It is one of the two main publishers in North Korea, the other one being the Foreign Languages Publishing House.

Directors

The current director-general and editor-in-chief is Ri Yong-chol. * Kim Yong-hak (1980s) *

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(1990s) * Ryang Kyong-bok (2000s) * Ri Yong-chol (2010s)

Publications

The publishing house publishes books on politics as well as fiction. According to North Korean sources, they include: This includes works of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il in Korean, including their selected (''sŏnjip''), collected (''chŏjakchip'') and complete works (''chŏnjip''). In addition to books, it publishes posters and the magazine ''

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'', the theoretical monthly of the party. During the Cold War, it published works of the leader of

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in return for Editura Politică publishing those of Kim Il-sung. Some multi-volume publications by the publishing house include: * '' Among the People'' * '' Collection of Kim Il-sung's Anecdotes'' * '' General Kim Jong-il, Sun of Songun'' * '' Glorifying the Era of Juche'' * '' History of Anti-Japanese Armed Struggle'' (Enlarged Edition) * '' Complete Collection of Kim Il-sung's Works'' * '' Complete Collection of Kim Il-sung's Works'' (Enlarged Edition) * '' Complete Collection of Kim Jong-il's Works'' * '' Reminiscences of the Anti-Japanese Guerillas'' * '' Selected Works of Kim Jong-il'' (Enlarged Edition) * ''

With the Century ''Reminiscences: With the Century'' () is the autobiography of Kim Il-sung, founder and former president of North Korea. The memoirs, written in 1992 and published in eight volumes, retell Kim's life story through his childhood to the time of ...

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External links

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