[KS] [ASCK] Re: DPRKorea as seen from the socialist bloc in the 1950

Henry Em henryem at gmail.com
Wed Apr 8 10:20:46 EDT 2009


Aidan,

Could you be more specific about the one or two people on the ASCK list who
would benefit / be discomfitted by the CWIHP's archives, and what you mean
by that?   Thanks in advance.

Henry Em

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:30 AM, <Afostercarter at aol.com> wrote:

>  Dear Jakub,
>
> Thanks for posting. What an interesting topic!
>
> You probably know already, or everyone will reply
> to your query and tell you, about *CWIHP:*the
> Cold War International History Project:
> http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409
> (See the post below to this list from 2004,
> although NB the eddress has changed since then.)
>
> CWIHP has compiled at least two fascinating
> collections on North Korea in the early years,
> drawing mainly on reports from various east
> European embassies in Pyongyang at the time:
>
>
> http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=va2.browse&sort=Collection&item=North%20Korea%20in%20the%20Cold%20War
>
> and
>
>
> http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=va2.browse&sort=Collection&item=The%20Korean%20War
>
>
> See also
>
>
> http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=230972&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=474672
>
> I am copying this also to a few scholars with similar
> research interests, who may be able to help further.
>
> Finally, I take the liberty of copying in the Association
> of Scholars Concerned about Korea (asck.org).
> Judging from recent posts, there are one or two people
> on that list who could benefit from reading and pondering
> CWIHP's archives, though it may discomfit them somewhat.
>
> For your part, I wonder what you would make of this:
> http://www.nlg.org/korea/2003delegation_report.html
> Your broader research area is not yet history, it appears!
>
>
> I hope this is helpful. Good luck!
>
> Easter greetings from England,
>
> Aidan FC
>
>
>
> Aidan Foster-Carter
>
> *Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds
> University *
>
>
>
> Flat 1, 40 Magdalen Road, Exeter, EX2 4TE, UK
>
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>
> E: afostercarter at aol.com   W: www.aidanfc.net   *Skype*:
> Aidan.Foster.Carter
>
>
> *Recent op-eds, etc:*
>
> * *
>
> *New! *“Keep our powder dry for now – but prepare for a bumpy landing”  *
> Scotsman*, 6 April 2009.
> http://news.scotsman.com/world/North-Korea-Analysis-Keep-our.5143520.jp
>
>
>
> *New!** “*Fortress Korea remains off limits”. Letter, *Financial Times*, 1
> April 2009
>
> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/296522aa-1e56-11de-830b-00144feabdc0.html
>
> * *
>
> *“*Kim’s last chance to reform – and save his country”. Comment, *Financial
> Times*, 11 February 2009
> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c6d6fde-f77e-11dd-81f7-000077b07658.html
>
> * *
> ______________________
>
> KS] "Inside North Korea": CWIHP Publishes Internal Documents on North Korea
> *COLDWAR Project* COLDWAR1 at WWIC.SI.EDU
> <Koreanstudies%40koreaweb.ws?Subject=%5BKS%5D%20%22Inside%20North%20Korea%22%3A%20CWIHP%20Publishes%20Internal%20Documents%20on%0A%09North%20Korea&In-Reply-To=>
> *Thu Jul 15 11:07:05 EDT 2004*
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> The Woodrow Wilson Center's Cold War International History Project
>
> (Christian F. Ostermann, director) has published dozens of formerly
>
> secret internal documents from the archives of North Korea's
>
> former Communist allies for the 1950-1988 period.
>
> The documents are the result of a special effort by the Project to
>
> mine the archives of North Korea's former allies. The CWIHP Korea
>
> Initiative has been systematically exploring East European, Russian
>
> and (to a lesser extent) Chinese archives for insights into
>
> perceptions and policymaking in Pyongyang. The Korea Initiative
>
> presented its first findings at a workshop hosted in conjunction with
>
>  George Washington University in March 2003 ("North Korea's Crisis
>
> Behavior, Past and Present: New Light from the Archives of its Former
>
>  Allies"), at which leading Korea specialists from academia, research
>
>  centers, and government agencies in the United States, the Republic
>
> of Korea and Eastern Europe provided a first analysis of the
>
> significance of the new documents on North Korea.
>
> The newly accessible documentation bears on such questions as North
>
> Korea's reaction to aid and external pressures, the internal workings
>
> of the Kim regime and the ideological prism of the North Korean
>
> leadership.
>
> Included in the sensational collection are transcripts between
>
> Kim Il-Sung and Communist leaders, as well as dozens of embassy
>
> reports from European embassies in Pyongyang.
>
> The documents can be downloaded at no charge at
>
> http://cwihp.si.edu, or a copy of the most recent CWIHP Bulletin
>
> can be obtained by emailing your full mail address to
>
> coldwar1 at si.edu. <http://koreaweb.ws/mailman/listinfo/koreanstudies_koreaweb.ws> Please feel free to distribute this message.
>
> Christian F. Ostermann,
> Director, Cold War International History Project
> Woodrow Wilson Centerhttp://cwihp.si.edu
>
>
> _______________________
> In a message dated 4/8/2009 13:26:32 GMT Standard Time, postdali at gmail.comwrites:
>
> Dear All
> It is my first time to write on this list. Please forgive me any
> misunderstandings or mistakes.
>
> I am a Polish student in the Sociology Faculty of the Academy of Korean
> Studies, Bundang in South Korea. I am writing an M.D. thesis about the
> social influence and reception of the DPRKorea and Kimilsungism in Poland in
> the 1950s. It seems to be a very narrow topic yet it is still interesting to
> track the materials in the stalinist Poland, and those after the 1956, which
> show Pyongyang's communist government.
>
> I have searched quite a bit and found materials and historical sources, as
> well as the classic texts (books about North Korea in statu nascendi), yet
> still I wonder maybe somebody knows any sources and/or articles treating
> about the DPRKorea in the socialist countries, its policy or propaganda, the
> way the DPRK was trying to achieve the goal of reconstruction of the country
> and become independent of foreign influences, and presenting itself abroad.
>
> I shall be very thankful for any suggestions concerning my thesis topic.
> Best regards
> Jakub Paprocki
>
>
>



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