Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House
Also recorded as WPKPH
Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House
- Founded
- 1945
- Headquarters
- Pyongyang
- Activity
- publishing industry
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• Status — Active • Founded — 1945 • Country — North Korea • Headquarters — Pyongyang • Distribution — National • Keypeople — Ri Yong-chol (director-general, editor-in-chief) • Publications — Books, magazines, posters • Topics — Politics • Owner — Workers' Party of Korea
Key facts
Key facts
• Hangul — ^조선_로동당_출판사 • Hanja — 朝鮮勞動黨出版社 The Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House (WPKPH) is the principal publishing house of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and one of the two main publishers in the country. It publishes magazines and books on politics, such as the works of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, posters and works of fiction. The current director-general and editor-in-chief is Ri Yong-chol.
Organization
Organization
The publishing house is under the control of the WPK's Propaganda and Agitation Department and is the party's most important publisher. It was founded in October 1945 in Pyongyang, where it is still based. It is one of the two main publishers in North Korea, the other one being the Foreign Languages Publishing House.
Directors
Directors
The current director-general and editor-in-chief is Ri Yong-chol. • Kim Yong-hak (1980s) • Yang Kyong-pok (1990s) • Ryang Kyong-bok (2000s) • Ri Yong-chol (2010s)
Publications
The publishing house publishes books on politics as well as fiction. According to North Korean sources, they include: This includes works of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Korean, including their selected (sŏnjip), collected (chŏjakchip) and complete works (chŏnjip). In addition to books, it publishes posters and the magazine Kulloja, the theoretical monthly of the party. During the Cold War, it published works of the leader of communist Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu in return for Editura Politică publishing those of Kim Il Sung. Some multi-volume publications by the publishing house include: • Among the People • Collection of Kim Il Sung's Anecdotes • General Kim Jong Il, Sun of Songun • Glorifying the Era of Juche • History of Anti-Japanese Armed Struggle (Enlarged Edition) • Complete Collection of Kim Il Sung's Works • Complete Collection of Kim Il Sung's Works (Enlarged Edition) • Complete Collection of Kim Jong Il's Works • Reminiscences of the Anti-Japanese Guerillas • Selected Works of Kim Jong Il (Enlarged Edition) • With the Century
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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