North Korean Literature in English

Translator's Notes

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Saturday, January 24, 2026

Mount Osŏng (2012): Bush and the Axis of Evil

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Mount Osŏng  is an "Imperishable Leadership" series novel by Pak Yun that was published in 2012. Set in 2002, this novel handles t...
Monday, December 22, 2025

Soccer scenes in North Korean novels

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I'm willing to bet that in every culture, sports stories are used to impress values upon young people, or in other words to indoctrinate...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

New Translated NK Fiction Anthology: Hidden Heroes

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Earlier this year, Anthem Press published an anthology of North Korean short fiction selected and translated into English by North Korean li...
Friday, October 17, 2025

Great Love (#1): North Korean writer 'ships Hitler-Queen Victoria romance

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Reading North Korean literature, one encounters more than the usual share of falsehoods. Most of these have obvious background motives - mak...
Friday, August 23, 2024

Much Ado about Bush (2004): Mafia goons take over the White House

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 "The Bush Uproar" [부쉬소동], or my preferred translation "Much Ado about Bush," is a sci-fi story by blog favorite Ŏm Ho S...
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