Thread by @puerto_rojo, Because North Korea and Kim Jong Un are trending right now, here's [...]

Because North Korea and Kim Jong Un are trending right now, here& #39;s a thread about the DPRK; an amazing country that you know absolutely nothing about yet are still taught to absolutely loathe it to the point of supporting its overthrow and continued US intervention.

The US war on Korea absolutely devastated the country, killing about 20% of the population. Their capital was demolished into the ground. However after the war, People& #39;s Korea went upon a path of reconstruction to rebuild what the US destroyed.

The country& #39;s founder Kim Il Sung and the Korean Worker& #39;s Party led the charge in mobilizing the masses into rebuilding what was lost, with Chinese, Soviet, and East German assistance. In the 1960& #39;s, the DPRK was called the economic miracle of east Asia.
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Here& #39;s another great article about what the DPRK has been through, between the war, the reconstruction, teh fall of the USSR, the sanctions, and threats of annihilation from the US. https://www.theorientaldespot.com/article/understandingnorthkorea">https://www.theorientaldespot.com/article/u...

Understanding what North Korea has been through — The Oriental Despot

The North Korean economy by all accounts is actually quite healthy (despite the sanctions and need to spend heavily on defence). South Korea's central bank stated recently that the DPRK economy grew...

https://www.theorientaldespot.com/article/understandingnorthkorea

Here& #39;s this Empire Files episode about the US& #39;s frantic genocidal urge to destroy the DPRK, as well as does a good job on disproving some of the most basic lies we& #39;re told about the country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDJlNQlRbIA">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Western outlets are hellbent on making the DPRK out to be this militaristic regime, but you would be surprised to know that on multiple ocassions Kim Jong Un has expressed the need for peace between the US and the DPRK, and the need for denuclearization. https://www.nknews.org/2016/01/n-korea-reiterates-need-for-peace-treaty-with-u-s/">https://www.nknews.org/2016/01/n...

N. Korea reiterates need for peace treaty with U.S. | NK News

North Korea reiterated its call for a peace treaty with the U.S. on Thursday via a white paper published by the North’s Korea Jurists Committee. The committee said that the U.S. violated clause D of...

https://www.nknews.org/2016/01/n-korea-reiterates-need-for-peace-treaty-with-u-s/

If the DPRK wants peace, why does it hold onto their nukes and show off their military capabilities? Because they know that nuclear deterrence works, and without it, the US would& #39;ve held a second invasion of the DPRK, continuing where they left off. https://liberationschool.org/06-10-20-korea-crisis-from-1994-until-to-html/">https://liberationschool.org/06-10-20-...

Korea crisis: From 1994 until today

In 1994, war between the United States and North Korea was narrowly averted by a high-level diplomatic effort undertaken by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Carter held face-to face talks with...

https://liberationschool.org/06-10-20-korea-crisis-from-1994-until-to-html/

That until the US releases the economic sanctions, retreats their occupation of troops from the Korean peninsula, and establishes a peace treaty with the country, the DPRK will never relax their military development. https://worldbeyondwar.org/%ef%bb%bf-whats-really-behind-north-koreas-nuclear-provocations/">https://worldbeyondwar.org/%ef%bb%bf...

 This Is What’s Really Behind North Korea’s Nuclear Provocations - World Beyond War . . .

It’s easy to dismiss Kim Jong-un as a madman. But there’s a long history of US aggression against the North, which we forget at our peril. By Bruce Cumings, The Nation. Donald Trump was having dinner...

https://worldbeyondwar.org/%ef%bb%bf-whats-really-behind-north-koreas-nuclear-provocations/

Why is the US interested in the DPRK? For starters, the DPRK is sitting on top of trillions of dollars worth of minerals. It also serves as a geostrategic location, being under Russia and next to China. http://www.mining.com/largest-known-rare-earth-deposit-discovered-in-north-korea-86139/">https://www.mining.com/largest-k...

FLASHBACK: Largest known rare earth deposit discovered in North Korea - MINING.COM

The 216 million tonne Jongju deposit 150km north of Pyongjang, theoretically worth trillions of dollars, would more than double the current global known resource of REE oxides.

http://www.mining.com/largest-known-rare-earth-deposit-discovered-in-north-korea-86139/

Historically, and to this day, the DPRK has been a friend to liberation movements around the globe, lending either economic or military support. This article gets into the DPRK& #39;s historical relations with Africa. https://journal-neo.org/2016/03/18/north-korea-punished-for-helping-to-liberate-africa/">https://journal-neo.org/2016/03/1...

North Korea Punished for Helping to Liberate Africa | New Eastern Outlook

Soon, most likely, there will be new brutal sanctions imposed against North Korea. And there will be massive provocative military exercises held, involving the US and South Korean (ROK). In brief…

https://journal-neo.org/2016/03/18/north-korea-punished-for-helping-to-liberate-africa/

Here& #39;s an additional article how the Black Panther Party saw the DPRK as an inspiration to learn from with regards to the struggle for revolution and liberation from oppressors. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/19/black-panthers-north-korea-us-imperialism">https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...

How Black Panthers turned to North Korea in fight against US imperialism

Unpublished memoir reveals how couple at the heart of black consciousness movement visited Pyongyang on ideological pilgrimage, says Tania Branigan

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/19/black-panthers-north-korea-us-imperialism

Now, onto anti-DPRK propaganda. For starters, here& #39;s an eye witness report of on his experiences in visiting the country, and how it matches up against reality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX-4oYFxcr0">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Here& #39;s this amazing video by the Grayzone Project which talks about the NED, the propaganda wing of the US which sends millions to right wing media outlets spreading misinformation about the US& #39;s enemies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzIJ25ob1aA">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Name anything you& #39;ve heard about the DPRK, literally anything. this article will show you that you are wrong and that you are being taught to hate the DPRK when you know absolutely nothing about it. https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201803021062166494-north-korea-loretta-napoleoni/">https://sputniknews.com/analysis/...

EXCLUSIVE: Why Everything You Think You Know About North Korea is Wrong

Dr. Loretta Napoleoni is an internationally esteemed expert on terrorism financing and the war on Daesh. Now, she has focused her attentions on North Korea - and as...

https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201803021062166494-north-korea-loretta-napoleoni/

Here are some of the more wild lines of propaganda against the DPRK that have been exposed as lies, such as people dying but coming back to life a week later, mandated haircuts, and landing on the sun. https://anti-imperialism.org/2014/08/14/western-dprk-propaganda-the-worst-occasionally-hilarious-and-often-racist-lies/">https://anti-imperialism.org/2014/08/1...

Western DPRK Propaganda: The Worst, Occasionally Hilarious, and Often Racist, Lies

Famous Singer executed by firing squad! … only to show up alive, grinning, and well on national television! Awwkwaaard!1 Either the DPRK has discovered the long-lost art of necromancy (and th…

https://anti-imperialism.org/2014/08/14/western-dprk-propaganda-the-worst-occasionally-hilarious-and-often-racist-lies/

Here& #39;s this great video by Suzy Kim, professor of Korean History at Rutgers University telling you what you know about the DPRK is racist nonsense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNf3wM0feb8">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Here& #39;s this great and emotional documentary about life in the DPRK, including interviews with many Korean citizens from across the country, called My Brothers and Sisters in the North. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSd48emp0lI">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Here& #39;s another amazing video which talks about the DPRK defectors that live in Seoul, but wish to return back. they& #39;re not brainwashed, they realize that capitalism impoverishes and isolates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkUMZS-ZegM">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Here& #39;s an article which talks about this same phenomenon of DPRK defectors wanting to return home after being exposed to life in South Korea. https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-defector-returns-home-calling-south-capitalist-hell/a-39745918">https://www.dw.com/en/north-...

North Korean defector who 'returned home'

Seoul police are investigating how a North Korean defector who fled south ended up back in the North. Appearing tearful in a North Korean television interview, Lim Ji-hyeon told viewers she had...

https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-defector-returns-home-calling-south-capitalist-hell/a-39745918

Guardian article about defectors that wish to return home. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/26/forever-strangers-the-north-korean-defectors-who-want-to-go-back">https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...

'Forever strangers': the North Korean defectors who want to go back

Nearly 30,000 defectors live in South Korea, but not all are happy to have escaped the regime and hope a summit between leaders will help them go home

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/26/forever-strangers-the-north-korean-defectors-who-want-to-go-back

I can add more, such as the lies about starvation, how democracy works in the DPRK, or how its economy functions and how they& #39;re able to survive so long, but i& #39;ll leave you this reading guide.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1we5OEdteZFfAh11v0s_RVh3LWAkVICGrFnvksVynGxw/edit#">https://docs.google.com/document/...

Here& #39;s one more stash of resources that none of you are going to read through https://twitter.com/NatalieRevolts/status/1254213661423534093?s=19">https://twitter.com/NatalieRe...

https://twitter.com/NatalieRevolts/status/1254213661423534093?s=19

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