International Affairs Forum

Wed. May 21, 2025

Around the World, Across the Political Spectrum


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North Korea is a dictatorship that maintains its hold on power by a combination of ideology known as milsungism-kimjongilism, cult of the Kim dynasty, and isolationism. The state's survival strategies are examined in this report, which explores both historical foundations and modern strategies. Historically, the regime has shaped narratives both domestically and internationally by using psychological and military propaganda. Information manipulation is accomplished through the Korean Central News Agency, which guarantees adherence to the official line of the state. A recent development is North Korea's deliberate use of YouTube to present a more positive image. This includes the use of YouTubers like YuMi and Song A. This shift to contemporary platforms represents the regime's changing strategy for using cognitive warfare. North Korea's resilience comes from its capacity to preserve tight control while modifying propaganda techniques for use in modern media.

Introduction
North Korea, officially named Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, is a totalitarian dictatorship. The state’s first dictator, Kim II-Sung, presented himself as a cult personality by drawing on his origin from the sacred mount Peaktu . The constitution defines North Korea as dictatorship of people’s democracy, under the Worker’s Party of Korea, with legal supremacy over other political parties due to presence of Kim family within it. The North Korean system is built upon principle of centralization. It continues to the rear of Communist dictatorship with complete isolation to counter any external threat and to preserve their culture. Under the Kim dynasty, the state has not only received International attention due to isolation policy but also strategic use of information warfare . The control over manipulating public opinion within or beyond its border by using propaganda to shape narrative and perceptive has helped in regime stability. To investigate how North Korean dictatorship has survived so far, this report shed light upon perceptive of political, legitimacy, information warfare, and state-controlled media.

Historical Background


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