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The Mansudae Grand Monument in Pyongyang in 2014 depicting Kim Il Sung (left) and Kim Jong Il (right), with visitors paying homage to the statues. [1]The North Korean cult of personality surrounding the Kim family [2] has existed in North Korea for decades and can be found in many examples of North Korean culture. [3]
Matthew Todd Miller (born August 26, 1989) [3] is a U.S. citizen who was detained in North Korea (DPRK) after traveling there, tearing up his tourist visa, and requesting political asylum. He refused to be sent back, intending to get arrested to "have a face-to-face with North Koreans to answer [his] personal questions". [2]
Plans for a personality cult revolving around Pol Pot were drawn up, based on the Chinese and North Korean models, in the belief that such a cult would unify the population in wartime. [326] Large photographs of Pol Pot began to be placed in communal dining halls, [ 327 ] while oil paintings and busts of him were produced. [ 328 ]
The cult is also marked by the intensity of the people's feelings for and devotion to their leaders, [106] and the key role played by a Confucianized ideology of familism both in maintaining the cult and thereby in sustaining the regime itself. The North Korean cult of personality is a large part of Juche and totalitarianism.
Pulgasari [a] is an epic monster film [i] Shin Sang-ok directed and produced in 1985 during his abduction in North Korea.A co-production between North Korea, Japan, and China, it is considered a remake of Bulgasari, a 1962 South Korean film that also depicts Bulgasari/Pulgasari, a creature from Korean folklore.
The religious behavior of Juche can also be seen in the perspectives of the North Korean people through refugee interviews from former participants in North Korea's ritual occasions. One pertinent example is the Arirang Festival , a gymnastic and artistic festival held in the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in Pyongyang.
The group is apocalyptic [9] and messianic in character, [12] and has been described as a doomsday cult. [12]The group's founder and leader is variously referred to by church followers as "Chairman Lee (이 총회장)"; "the Chairman (회장)"; "the Promised Pastor (약속의 목자)"; "the One who Overcomes (이긴자)"; or "the Advocate (대언자)."
Features North-Korean built planes based on the Il-2 and Il-10, models which were never used by the KPA. [79] 1984: A Hedgehog Defeats a Tiger: 호랑이를 이긴 고슴도치: Children's film [80] [81] 1984: An Emissary of No Return: 돌아오지 않은 밀사: Shin Sang-ok: Kim Jun Sik, Ryang Hae Sung, Kim Yun Hong: Historical/Drama: Shin's ...