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The Daily NK is publishing a translation
of “Hwang Jang Yop's Memoirs (2006)” with the permission of
the publishing company, Zeitgeist, and Hwang Jang Yop himself.
"Hwang Jang Yop's Memoirs” are not simply one individual's retrospective
on his life, but a book covering Korean history from the time
of Japanese colonialism, through the Korean War and subsequent
disintegration of the Socialist Bloc, right up to his defection
during the great famine of the 1990s.
By reading these memoirs we can observe the Kim Il Sung family
structure, transitions in his thought, the means by which Kim
Jong Il grasped the levers of power and more, all from the point
of view of an insightful, philosophical insider. It will surely
bring you the reader much closer to understanding the country
of North Korea, its system and ruling principles.
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| Starting in early 1973, I continued with my philosophy research at Cheolbong-ri rest house near Pyongyang. Cheolbong-ri was a valley not far from a main road, with a reservoir and pine forest on both sides. It was the very first rest house the Party ever built...
[2011-02-06 18:43] |
| In December of 1972, the Supreme People's Assembly was convened. During this conference, a new constitution was adopted and I was elected chairman of the Assembly and its Standing Committee. Kim Il Sung directed the writing of the constitution and a working gr..
[2011-01-14 16:02] |
| Meanwhile, Kim Jong Il actively endorsed my article (Regarding Our Party's Juche Ideology and a Few Issues on the Republic Government's Domestic and International Policies) while Kim Young Ju opposed it. It was not because Kim Jong Il fully understood it,..
[2010-12-08 18:07] |
| Yeonpung Rest House was near Yeonpung Reservoir. One of Kim Il Sung's private villas was there, and another one for cadres of the Party. Not only that; a direct line to Pyongyang had been installed, too. From 1972, I started doing my research at Yeonpung Res..
[2010-11-08 15:43] |
| That autumn, I returned to my parents’ home after receiving news that my father was in a critical condition. He had already lost his ability to speak by that point, but his emotions were very much alive. I saw him cry when he saw my second sister; that might have b..
[2010-10-14 12:58] |
| After understanding my outlook on the world, the history of society and life based on human-centered philosophical principles, I was able to clear the doubts I had once had. My satisfaction was indescribable. When I tried again to read the most difficult part of..
[2010-09-03 16:26] |
| One day in 1968, when the evaluation meetings over the May 25 Instruction were almost complete, I encountered the Vice Director of the Guidance Department of the Central Committee while I was sweeping the front yard of our apartment complex. He told me the fol..
[2010-08-14 09:34] |
| The fact that class hadn’t existed from the beginning of human history, and that it could disappear, was admitted only by Marxism. Why should we view history from the aspect of class, which had appeared over a short period of time in the development of human histor..
[2010-08-09 09:25] |
| In August of 1967, there was a big flood which submerged the entirety of downtown Pyongyang. It is said to have been the biggest flood in the history of the city. We got an instruction to lead students in repairing a dike on the Hapjang River, which runs around t..
[2010-07-30 22:37] |
| Now let me briefly introduce the Kim Il Sung family line. Kim Il Sung (whose real name was Kim Sung Ju) had two brothers. His second brother, Kim Cheol Ju, died before the liberation, while the youngest, Kim Young Ju, is still alive. Kim Il Sung also had c..
[2010-07-30 16:30] |
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