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Racism in North Korea is a phenomenon that is relatively poorly understood.[ citation needed] The North Korean media and government's usage of Korean ethnic nationalism's race-based concepts such as " pure blood" has been described as racist. [1]
A classic North Korean short story, "Wolves" (or "Jackals",승냥이, 1951), by Han Sorya, has also been described as racist. [2] According to the documents from Hungarian records, in 1965, a Cuban diplomat[ who?] visiting Pyongyang who tried to take a picture of the ruins of the bombardment during the Korean War was beaten for being a black person, which was soon followed by an apology from Kim Il Sung. [3] In 2014, North Korean state media published a racist rant directed at US President Barack Obama, comparing him to a "monkey". [4] [5]
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Human rights in North Korea |
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Racism in North Korea is a phenomenon that is relatively poorly understood.[ citation needed] The North Korean media and government's usage of Korean ethnic nationalism's race-based concepts such as " pure blood" has been described as racist. [1]
A classic North Korean short story, "Wolves" (or "Jackals",승냥이, 1951), by Han Sorya, has also been described as racist. [2] According to the documents from Hungarian records, in 1965, a Cuban diplomat[ who?] visiting Pyongyang who tried to take a picture of the ruins of the bombardment during the Korean War was beaten for being a black person, which was soon followed by an apology from Kim Il Sung. [3] In 2014, North Korean state media published a racist rant directed at US President Barack Obama, comparing him to a "monkey". [4] [5]