Songbun (Korean: 성분; MR: sŏngbun), formally chulsin-songbun (Korean: 출신성분; MR: ch'ulsin sŏngbun, from Sino-Korean 出身, "origin" and 成分, "constituent"), is the system of ascribed …

2015年2月26日 · The most important element in the social structure of Kim Il Sung's North Korea was the infamous songbun system. This system was established in the late 1950s and came …

2016年7月5日 · The songbun system violates that commitment. The United Nations, for its part, has repeatedly condemned the songbun system and has recommended that North Korea put …

2019年12月17日 · The North Korean regime has been extremely intentional at creating and enforcing social classes based on political loyalty and this system, known as songbun (성분), …

In North Korea, one’s value is determined by his loyalty to the party. The system is called songbun, which literally means “ingredient.” In the eyes of the state, the “ingredients” that …

Korea’s songbun and South Africa’s system of apartheid, which although different, are both based on the inequality of people. Having long campaigned against the system of racial segregation …

This report examines the "Songbun" social classification system in North Korea and how it helps maintain the regime's totalitarianism.