Juche

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Juche, officially the Juche idea, is a name of the official ideology of North Korea and its ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). In the narrow sense, it is the philosophical component of the North Korean official ideology, also known as Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, which emphasizes human independence, creativity, and consciousness as a motive force. North Korean sources attribute its conceptualization to Kim Il Sung, the country's founder and first leader. Juche was originally regarded as a variant of Marxism–Leninism until Kim Jong Il, Kim Il Sung's son and successor, declared it a distinct ideology in the 1970s. Kim Jong Il further developed Juche in the 1980s and 1990s by making ideological breaks from Marxism–Leninism while insisting Juche inherits it. Per official descriptions, Juche means that people are the masters of everything and decide everything. Juche incorporates the historical materialist ideas of Marxism–Leninism but also strongly emphasizes human agency, the role of political...

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