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  • But during the 1980s, the North Korean government embarked on a policy of radical self-sufficiency known as juche.

    Notable & Quotable 2011

  • The North Korean regime's ideology, called juche, is often simplistically defined as Korean self-reliance and ridiculed in the West.

    Asia's New Reality 2007

  • To consolidate power, Kim created a cultlike ideology of self-reliance called juche, a curdled brew of traditional Korean xenophobia and nationalism, Confucian deference to authority and utopian Marxism-Leninism.

    'We Are A Nuclear Power' 2007

  • How many of those polled know what the capitol of North Korea is, the name of its leader, or could explain what "juche" is?

    CNN Poll: North Korea a very serious threat to the U.S. 2009

  • It's called Separated at Birth - How North Korea Became the Evil Twin, and, despite Gordon Cucullu's tendency toward the fantastic in his narrative, provides an extremely interesting view into the development of the "juche" ideal at the core of North Korea's nuttiness.

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

  • North Korea's communist ideology has been based on the concept of "juche," or self-reliance.

    Energy profile of North Korea 2008

  • The very themes that he was trying to impress upon his people in tonight's spectacle -- "juche," or self-reliance, and the glories of Korean socialism -- he has little choice, down the line, but to junk entirely in practice.

    Letter From North Korea 2008

  • Today, North Korean defector Choe Chol Ryong told an interviewer in the South, "juche" means every man for himself.

    Green Buds In The Mud 2008

  • Aí, o realismo socialista leva o nome de realismo "juche", de acordo com a filosofia política de Kim Il Jong, uma estranha mistura de comunismo com valores coreanos.

    Leituras Artur 2006

  • Hwang Jang-Yop, the architect of the communist regime's ideology of "juche," or self-reliance, was once secretary of the ruling Workers 'Party and a tutor to Kim.

    Dose.ca Music briefs Lim Chang-Won 2010

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