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North Korea’s Chuch’e quickly became the political and ideological vehicle that governed how the country would talk to its citizens, interact with other countries, and color its diplomatic discourse. As an independent and sovereign country since 1948, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has ignored, recognized, congratulated, met, signed, or even reneged on treaties with just about every other country around the globe. How the DPRK has managed its foreign relations has also evolved: while diplomatic relationship only meant state to state decades ago, Pyongyang now talks to IGOs, NGOs, private citizens, and businesses.
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Grzelczyk, V. (2018). Nothing but Words? Rhetoric and Beyond. In: North Korea’s New Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45024-1_3
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