Jun 15, 2018 · When the UN reported North Korea had committed human rights violations, the regime declared that “North Korea is Heaven for women.” It’s not any kind of heaven we’d be familiar with. At...

Apr 25, 2024 · The elevation of Kim Jong Un's female relatives coincides with the growing economic and social power of women living inside secretive North Korea.

The status of women in North Korea is not fully understood outside the country, due to the political isolation of North Korea, the unwillingness of the North Korean authorities to allow foreign investigators access in the country, and the existence of conflicting reports.

Far from the egalitarian principles espoused by the communist Kim regime, gender relations under the North Korean society mean women are often abused and undervalued

May 28, 2024 · News reports over the past few years featuring Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, or his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, have led to speculation about a future North Korea ruled by a woman. This is an intriguing development worth monitoring, given the North Korean regime’s history of patrilineal succession.

Apr 18, 2024 · On International Women’s Day on March 8, North Korea held various events to celebrate the country’s women, repeating what has become more or less a national slogan, “Women Are Flowers,”...

Sep 25, 2020 · The Kim Dynasty as the Source of Women’s Leadership. North Korea’s national history abounds with images of women as revolutionaries—whether as soldiers, workers or symbolic “mothers” to the nation, especially the mothers, wives and consorts of the Kim dynasty.

Kim makes the compelling case that the Third World women’s radical politics of anti-imperial struggle in the face of war and oppression, in opposition to the Soviet Union’s advocacy of “peaceful coexistence” and “disarmament,” was a significant part of the 1960s Debate—the women, in transnational solidarity, expressing the notion of a just peace...

SEOUL— Kim Jong Un has a new mission for North Korean women: Have more babies. Kim acknowledged the impoverished nation’s plunging birthrate for the first time publicly at a rare National...

30 North Korean Review, Spring 2024 male officials.34 In the same period only three women were members of the WPK Cen- tral Committee, but Kim Il-sung dismissed the imbalance in representation, saying that women were represented “in areas of secondary importance.” 35 Things improved slightly in the 1970s, and by 1976 “a third of all deputies at lower levels of government” were women.

Mar 3, 2023 · Kim’s “beloved daughter” is part of a growing list of women assuming prominent public roles in North Korea and redefining gender dynamics in North Korean society.

Dec 24, 2024 · But Kim Jong Suk, the wife of Kim Il Sung and mother of Kim Jong Il, has played a different role in this "Paektu lineage,” held up not as a semi-divine figure beyond the reach of the common people but as a role model for all North Korean women to emulate.

Jul 30, 2020 · In North Korea today, the “new Korean women” are represented by two idealized images: Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un’s much talked-about sister, and Ri Sol Ju, his wife. These women fill different roles: one is the new top female political figure and the other the highest female ceremonial figure.

Mar 23, 2023 · North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, has an increasingly prominent role in the communist regime and some observers believe she is his natural successor.

Mar 4, 2025 · The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened high-profile provocations in response to the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea and other U.S. military activities.

Mar 22, 2024 · The plight of North Korean women is evident in the Kim regime’s exploitation of their labor and lack of protection for their rights, despite its rhetoric.

Dec 15, 2024 · In Among Women across Worlds, Suzy Kim explores the transnational connections between North Korean women and the global women's movement. Asian women, especially communists, are often depicted as victims of a patriarchal state.

Sep 5, 2018 · Many of North Korea’s women suffer daily abuse and injustice, and behind the international politics, there’s no sign that the situation is improving. In my own interviews with both male and...

Jul 14, 2016 · Officially, North Korea’s founding (self-reliance) ideology supports gender equality. In practice the leadership cult that was entrenched under Kim Il-sung, who led the country from 1948 to 1994, gave patriarchal relations a significant boost.

Mar 4, 2025 · Pyongyang appears to be expanding its weapons production as Kim Yo-jong accuses the US of ‘hurling strategic assets’ into the South