Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House


The Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House is the principal publishing house of the Workers' Party of Korea. The publishing house is under the control of the party's Propaganda and Agitation Department. It was founded in October 1945 in Pyongyang, where it is still based. It is one of the two main publishers in North Korea, the other one being the Foreign Languages Publishing House.
It publishes books on politics as well as fiction. According to North Korean sources, they include:
This includes works of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il in Korean, including their selected, collected and complete works.
In addition to books, it publishes posters and the magazine Kulloja, the theoretical monthly of the party. During the Cold War, it published works of the leader of communist Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu in return for Editura Politică publishing those of Kim Il-sung.

Directors

The current director-general and editor-in-chief is Ri Yong-chol.
Some multi-volume publications by the publishing house include:
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