DPRK Source List

DPRK source list. 

Last updated: October 7, 2025

Compiled by: Redarmycapybara, 

isaida2030, ooba_gooba_guy, and Nico Doom.

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Documentaries:

1. My Brothers and Sisters in the North
2. Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seoul
   
3. An African American's Journal Inside North Korea
   
4. We Went to North Korea to Get a Haircut

DPRK-Made Documentaries:

1. Who Started the Korean War?
   
2. My Socialist Country
   
3. Korean Socialism Which Gaurentees Full Human Rights
   

Websites:

1. Exploredprk.com
   
2. kfausa.org
   
3. korea-dpr.com
   

Articles:

1. Is North Korea a Monarchy? (Challenge Magazine)
2. The Democratic Structure of the DPRK (lalkar)
   
3. Unreliable Sources: News on North Korea, Brought to You by the CIA (MintPress News)
   
4. Socialism and Democracy in the DPRK (Write To Rebel)
   
5. Interview: Understanding and Defending North Korea (Invent the Future)
   
6. My trip to North Korea: 13 misconceptions corrected (Liberation News)
   
7. Zombie Nation? ‘Executed’ North Koreans return to life (RT)
   

Books/Pamphlets:

1. In North Korea: First Eye-Witness Report -Anna Louise Strong
   
2. In Defense of Juche Korea - Dermot Hudson
   
3. In Defense of Songun - Dermot Hudson
   
4. Brun, E., & Hersh, J. (1976). Socialist Korea: A case study in the strategy of economic development.
   
5. Patriots, Traitors and Empires - Stephen Gowans (PDF)
   
6. North Korea Another Country - Bruce Cummings

Academic Research:

1. Park, K. B., & Ham, E. I. (2021, September). North Korea’s Surprisingly Robust Healthcare System. Global Asia (Vol.16 No.3)
2. Hazel, S. (2008). North Korea as the Wicked Witch of the East: Social Science as Fairy Tale. Asia Policy No. 5.
3. Hazel, S. (2014). Crimes against humanity? Unpacking the North Korean Human Rights Debate. Critical Asian Studies Vol 46 No 1.

YouTube Channels:

1. Jaka Parker (travel vlogger who lived in the DPRK)
2. Songun007 (Dr. Dermot Hudson of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea)
   
3. DefendKorea (Chairperson of the Paektu Solidarity Alliance)
   
4. DPRK News Room
   

Various Informative YouTube Videos:

1. Why is North Korea so Weird? (Hakim)
   
2. Dispelling Myths About North Korea (Professor Suzy Kim)
3. Suzy Kim - North Korean Women Behind the Iron Curtain
   
4. How the US Divided Korea (Rullino)
   
5. North Korea Truth & Lies: Challenging the Propaganda, w/ Ju-Hyun Park (Breakthrough News)
   
6. North Korea is Not Crazy (Bruce Cummings)
   

DPRK State Media & Other Websites:

1. Pyongyang Times
   
2. Rodong Sinmun (The official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea)
   
3. Naenara
   
4. Korean Central News Agency
   
5. Voice of Korea
   
6. Media Ryugyong
7. Korean Books
   
8. Korean Federation for the Protection of the Disabled
9. Ministry of Public Health
   

Other Compilations of Sources:

• 1) NOTES ON THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA An ever increasing collection of notes, links, sources and observations on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Collectivized + compiled by @blackskinlenin
  

The above compliation is 452 pages and is one of the best sources of information on the DPRK that I've ever come across. I highly recommend comrades check it out. Alternative links to NOTES ON THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA can be found below:

•https://pdfhost.io/v/zkfDlL45e_NOTES_ON_THE_DEMOCRATIC_PEOPLES_REPUBLIC_OF_KOREA_Google_Docs

 •https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1ewrcRerI8lyXpykMX11EyMoCFii1Hafakq7t0976eYQ/mobilebasic

• 2) Library: DPRK Study Guide (ProleWiki)

The above link is another exhaustive list with a bunch of useful information on the DPRK. Alternative link to original DPRK Study Guide: https://dprkstudyguide.wordpress.com/

• 3) DPRK Literature Archive (Google Drive)

The Above link will lead you to a google drive document that includes books, reports, magazines, and Pamphlets on just about anything you want. There is folklore and culture, food, photo albums, biographies, language learning, podcasts, etc. It's a very solid list for everyone to check out.