Does anyone know the word North Korea uses to describe their state philosophy? It's like Joku or Joko or something like that, loosely translated to "Fuck the West" & "Self Sufficiency".
?????? ?????? Juche
"Self Reliance"
Many words in Korean are based on chinese words or characters and are usually 2 or 3 characters put together to make a word.
For example, "Juche" is a sino-based Korean word made up of two characters:
??? "Ju"
THis chinese Character, said as "Ju" in Korean and means "Master", "Owner", or "Lord".
??? Is a chinese character that means "body" and is pronounced "Che" in Korean.
Put these two characters together and you have "Juche" or ?????? as it is written in Chinese characters, and "??????" as it is written in the Korean alphabet. Put "owner" and "body" together and the implied meaning becomes "master of one's self" or "self reliance". The Juche ideology is a rejection of outside influences; the idea that Korea is better off being Self Reliant, able to supports itself without the help of others. But what about China and Russia....? Hey whatevs.
It is worth noting that the use of "Hanja" (as chinese characters are called in Korean) was banned in N. Korea, and they only use the Korean alphabet, or "Hangul".
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?????? ?????? Juche
"Self Reliance"
Many words in Korean are based on chinese words or characters and are usually 2 or 3 characters put together to make a word.
For example, "Juche" is a sino-based Korean word made up of two characters:
??? "Ju"
THis chinese Character, said as "Ju" in Korean and means "Master", "Owner", or "Lord".
??? Is a chinese character that means "body" and is pronounced "Che" in Korean.
Put these two characters together and you have "Juche" or ?????? as it is written in Chinese characters, and "??????" as it is written in the Korean alphabet. Put "owner" and "body" together and the implied meaning becomes "master of one's self" or "self reliance". The Juche ideology is a rejection of outside influences; the idea that Korea is better off being Self Reliant, able to supports itself without the help of others. But what about China and Russia....? Hey whatevs.
It is worth noting that the use of "Hanja" (as chinese characters are called in Korean) was banned in N. Korea, and they only use the Korean alphabet, or "Hangul".
This explains the bizarre mourning scenes posted earlier. Obviously some still didn't mourn enough.
I'm shocked. Shocked!
From Dec 19th.