1960년대 북소 · 북중관계와 ‘혁명전통’의 변화

Abstract

In the 1960s, North Korea began to expand its independence and Juche amid the gap between the Soviet Union and China. In the face of the division of the socialist camp and mounting national security instability in North Korea, independence and Juche have become more important values than anything else. Accordingly, the ‘Revolutionary Tradition’ also needed to be newly written. North Korea removed the Soviet Union from the history of the ‘Revolutionary Tradition’ and tried to prove that it was a people with a history of continuous struggle with nationalism, dogmatism, and left-leaning lines. In addition, with friendly North Korea-China relations and the restoration of North Korea-Soviet relations, North Korea could be recognized for its own ‘Revolutionary Tradition’ by China and the Soviet Union, which know best about Kim Il-sung`s history of anti-Japanese armed struggle. As a result, North Korea was able to realize not only the four principles of Juche ideology, ‘identity in thought,’ ‘independence in politics,’ ‘self-reliance in economy,’ and ‘self-defense in national defense,‘ but also ‘independence in history.’