“Enemies of the People” in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: The Political Meaning of Human Rights Violations Against Them

Eunwon Yi

doi:10.18778/8142-287-1

“Enemies of the People” in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: The Political Meaning of Human Rights Violations Against Them

Eunwon Yi

Meiji University

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Power Shifts in East Asia and Their Implications for Asia–Europe Relations

Series: Contemporary Asian Studies Series

Pages: 93-115

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-287-1.05

Keywords: EU–Asian relations, Korea, Vietnam, East Asia, China, Taiwan, South China Sea, Western Pacific Rim of East Asia

Published: 29 July 2019

Categories: Political science and international relations, Open Access

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Over the last several decades, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s government has repeatedly produced a number of “enemies of the people.” This article contends that the “enemies” in the DPRK have been produced by political decisions in the name of popular sovereignty, based on post-colonialism and socialism. The principal goal of this article is to identify the political meaning of violations against the “enemies of the people” and to shed light on the problems of “politicized human rights.”

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Yi, Eunwon. 2019. “‘Enemies of the People’ in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: The Political Meaning of Human Rights Violations Against Them”. In Power Shifts in East Asia and Their Implications for Asia–Europe Relations, edited by Karol Żakowski and Bartosz Kowalski, 93-115. Contemporary Asian Studies Series. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-287-1.05.