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), also called the Korean Workers' Party (KWP), is the sole ruling party of North Korea. Founded in 1949 from a merger between the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea, the WPK is ...

(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 led as its first Supreme Leader (North Korean title), supreme leader from North Korea#Founding, its establishm ...

and

Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Il (born Yuri Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second Supreme Leader (North Korean title), supreme leader of North Korea from Death and state funeral of Kim Il Sung, the de ...

, 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 Propaganda and Agitation Department 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) * Yang Kyong-pok (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 '' Kulloja'', the theoretical monthly of the party. During the

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, 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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