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Korean Woman
Cover page (No. 1. 2020)
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Bimonthly
PublisherChosǒn Yǒsǒngsa
FounderSocialist Women's Union of Korea
Founded1946 (1946)
CountryNorth Korea
Based inPyongyang
LanguageKorean
Websitehttp://www.gpsh.edu.kp/index.php/ko/newbooks/view_meta?no=497
ISSN1727-9453
OCLC5806090
Korean Woman
Chosŏn'gŭl
Hancha
Revised RomanizationJoseon Yeoseong
McCune–ReischauerChosŏn Yŏsŏng

Korean Woman (Korean조선녀성; MRChosŏn Yŏsŏng) is a monthly magazine in North Korea, founded in September 1946.[1] The magazine is the first one to be specifically dedicated to women. It is the official media outlet of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea.[2]

History

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The magazine started appearing regularly in 1947 and was published monthly until 1982 when it became bimonthly.[3][4] The Socialist Women's Union also publishes an English-language equivalent called Women of Korea.[5]

Contents

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The magazine mainly promotes the achievements and the working and living conditions of Korean women, usually accompanied by large-scale color photos. In 1976, the newspaper published an anti-South Korea propaganda poster titled "Two opposite realities".[6]

References

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  1. ^ Darcie Draudt (3 July 2012). "Revolutionized Woman: A Primer on the Historical Rhetoric of Women in the NK Economy". Sino-NK. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. ^ 조선녀성 [Korean Woman] (in Korean). Pyongyang: Choson Yosongsa. 2008. OCLC 5806090.
  3. ^ Kim 2010, p. 754.
  4. ^ Kaku Sechiyama (2013). Patriarchy in East Asia: A Comparative Sociology of Gender. Translated by James Smith. Leiden: BRILL. p. 268. ISBN 978-90-04-24777-2.
  5. ^ Amanda Anderson (2016). "Mothers and Labourers: North Korea's Gendered Labour Force in Women in Korea" (PDF). Journal of History and Cultures. 6: 14–36. ISSN 2051-221X.
  6. ^ Tatiana Gabroussenko (2011). "From Developmentalist to Conservationist Criticism: The New Narrative of South Korea in North Korean Propaganda". Journal of Korean Studies. 16 (1): 36. doi:10.1353/jks.2011.0008. ISSN 2158-1665. S2CID 145152373.

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