North Korean Regime of Confucian Communism

Democratic People's Republic of Korea has been at the center of political discussion for many years and has done extensive research on its political power, international standing, foreign policy and other issues. However, North Korea is not only a communist "Hare Kingdom" created by the Soviet Army during the Korean War, it is also a traditional Confucian nation with fundamental similarities with neighboring countries. In addition, the same Confucianism played an important role in establishing the North Korea regime.

In short, it is not talking about Confucianism in Korea, but the actual "Confucianism" is all explanation. In any case, Korean "Confucianism" is not even Confucianism in nature. Confucianism (Hello from China?) Is applied to the Korean society for the purpose of Korea, there are different focus and ideological applications. From the feminist point of view, people can regard the Korean style New Confucianism as a tool to maintain the social power of the ruling class. Anyway, cultural reactions on gender and women's thinking, flow of authority, and even Korean society's educational style.

In order to understand the contemporary Korean society, we must consider the fact that the basic premise is the existence of Confucianism in the daily life of Koreans. This means that in order to understand the influence of Confucianism on the Korean Peninsula, we must be sensitive to the specific context of Confucianism. Like today, temples and educational institutions of New Confucianism compete with a series of modern practices 20. Many elements of the new Confucianism exist in daily management (loyalty to the organization, long-term contracts, difficulty in changing ...). It should also be emphasized that after the Second World War new teachings of Confucianism have disappeared from the school curriculum.

The educational concept of Korean and Japanese civilization is governed by the basic principles of Confucianism education. The institutions of Korea and Japan are very similar 33. Many Confucian text cover the field of education. "Educators / teachers" exist not only in educational institutions, but also in various social and administrative departments. Therefore, the title of "university coach" of "Japan and Korea" is very popular34. However, we must remember that the Japanese government tried to exclude Confucianism from the school curriculum; in 1958 the Ministry of Education did not mention prewar lessons like loyalties and etiquette I started a new curriculum. In other words, elements related to Confucianism have been removed.