Juche

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Juche is the official state ideology of North Korea, centered on national self-reliance, political independence, and the supreme leadership of the Kim dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf North Korean ideology
political ideology
state ideology
appliesToJurisdiction North Korea
associatedWith Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Un
centralConcept the leader as the brain of the revolution
the masses as masters of the revolution and construction
claimsToModify Marxism–Leninism
codifiedIn North Korean constitution
Workers’ Party of Korea charter
corePrinciple economic self-sufficiency
military self-defense
political independence
self-reliance
countryOfOrigin North Korea
developedBy Kim Il Sung
emphasizes autarky
centralized leadership
loyalty to the leader
mass mobilization
national sovereignty
field political theory
state ideology
firstPublicUse 1950s
hasAlternativeName Chuch’e
Chuch’e
surface form: Chuch’e sasang

Juché
hasComponent economic self-sustenance (charip)
political independence (chaju)
self-defense in national security (chawi)
hasDoctrine independence in politics, self-sufficiency in the economy, self-reliance in defense
leader–party–masses unity
hasSlogan Let us live our own way
Self-reliance
influencedBy Korean nationalism
Marxism–Leninism
Marxism–Leninism
surface form: Stalinism

anti-imperialism
languageOfName Korean
linkedToDynasty Kim dynasty
officialIdeologyOf North Korea
opposes dependence on great powers
foreign domination
positionInState guiding ideology of the DPRK
guiding ideology of the Workers’ Party of Korea
region Korean Peninsula
scriptOfName Hangul
systematizedBy Kim Jong Il
timePeriodOfFormulation mid-20th century
usedFor justifying economic isolation
justifying hereditary succession in North Korea
justifying military-first policies
legitimizing one-man rule

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Juché alternativeNameOf Juche
this entity surface form: Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism
this entity surface form: Kimilsungism
Songun ideologicalContext Juche
Kim Chaek ideology Juche
Kim Il Sung ideology Juche
Kim Jong Il ideology Juche
Kim Jong-suk ideology Juche
this entity surface form: Juche (as later attributed by North Korean state)
Kim Tok Hun ideology Juche
Kim dynasty ideology Juche
subject surface form: Nam Il
this entity surface form: Juche (North Korean state ideology)
North Korea ideology Juche
Songun influencedBy Juche
this entity surface form: Juche ideology
Day of the Sun linkedTo Juche
this entity surface form: Juche ideology
Kim Il Sung notableWork Juche
this entity surface form: On the Juche Idea