DPRK & Belarus Are Different-two commentaries from UK KFA , British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea & Stoke on Trent branch British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea

                                                                 

 Is People's Korea really like Belarus ?

The DPRK as yet has made no official statement on Belarus . However we decided to make this short commentary because a few blockheads and daft idiots have been trying to say the DPRK and Belarus are similar or even that ' Belarus is a north Korea in Europe ' (chance would be a fine thing ! ).

UK KFA does not take a position on the rights and wrongs of the disturbances in Belarus . However the following should be noted , firstly there are good relations between the DPRK an Belarus , secondly UK KFA supports the right of countries to be independent and pursue their own path .

So are the DPRK and Belarus really the same ? The answer is no . Whatever laudable qualities Belarus may have (for example clean streets ) is not actually a socialist country . The DPRK is a socialist country based on the social ownership of the means of production , distribution and exchange . The DPRK is based on the Juche idea , a communist revolutionary idea , whereas Belarus can be said to be based on social democratic ideology .People on both sides wrongly think Belarus is a socialist country , 'the last Soviet republic ' etc or 'hardline communist regime ' . In fact

US imperialist fast food monopolies such as McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and Dominoes have found their way into the country. There was also a Harley Davison store as evidence and there are two US style malls with Pull and Bear type stores. The DPRK does not have a McDonalds or KFC .

The DPRK is based on single hearted unity and the Juche idea and is different to both the former USSR and Eastern Europe and to a country like Belarus . A 'colour revolution ' cannot happen in the DPRK .

Below is a link to an earlier article on the subject

https://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2016/09/why-dprk-can-never-collapse.html?

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Lankov is wrong

Andrei Lankov in an article in the notorious "NK News" has made an absolutely groundless speculation that the DPRK is closely watching the current situation in Belarus to see if are any recursions for "North Korea"? Firstly the political and social environment in Belarus is extremely different from the DPRK. In the DPRK there is single heated ideological unity, whereas in Belarus there remains pluralism in places and contradictions of competing influences. Secondly in the DPRK there is no cultural infiltration from outside and in the major cities of Belarus such as Minsk there appears to be a huge amount of "globalized culture" effecting the youth in the guise of the hipster lifestyles. Thirdly Belarus still has some hangovers from the nationalist influences of 1918-19 and 1941-44. Fourthly, the WPK actively combats the propaganda of imperialism from reaching the population of the DPRK, in Belarus all the media agencies of the West are freely available in that country. Fifthly, the DPRK has a totally socialist economy and socialist political structure in place with a working class party in power, in Belarus there is mixed economy and there is a bourgeoisie. Finally, the DPRK does not enjoy as close relationship with the Belarusian Republic as it does with the Russian Federation and the Peoples Republic of China, so events in Minsk have no real impact in the DPRK. Once again the reasoning of Lankov has been proven to be very weak, as it is based on misinformation, fantasy and conjecture!!

Stoke On Trent Branch of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea