[KS] Origin of Chuch'e

[Ted Han]

Yes, the term "chuch'esong" might have used by the Japanese in context of 
Japanese nationalism or jingoism. I am not sure if Kim Il Sung and North 
Korea used it for different context. Kim Chong Il's "On Chuch'e Ideology" in 
1982 claims that the origin of the term of Chuch'e ideology officially came 
into being in Kim Il Sung's speech in °øû¡¡¹×¡¡¹ÝÁ¦Ã»³âµ¿¸ÍÁöµµ°£ºÎȸÀÇ in  
Ä«·û (âÃá Çö[íþõðúã]) in June 1930.

But most South Korean sources, of course, argue that this is not possible 
because Kim was not in the region at the time.

T. Han
Intercultural Institute of California



>From: Ruediger Frank <rfrank at eplus-online.de>
>Reply-To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>Subject: [KS] Chuch'e
>Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 10:03:58 +0100
>
>Dear list,
>
>I am currently writing an article on the political system of North Korea
>for a German university textbook. Needless to say that in the course of
>this work I have to deal with the term Chuch'e.
>
>As far as I remember having heard, a philosophical term called Shutaisei
>(Chuch'esOng) has already been used by the Japanese in the 1920s, long
>before Kim Il-sOng introduced Chuch'e in his speech to the propagandists of
>the Nodongdang on December 28, 1955. Is that correct? And if yes, in which
>context has it been used before?
>
>Thanks a lot for your help.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Ruediger Frank
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>Humboldt-University Berlin
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