Military And Civil Awards Of The Democratic People's Republic Of Korea.

[NKResearcher]

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Hey everyone. I am young researcher on North Korean history and after reading this 2009 book I became interested in how this whole system of North Korean decorations has developed. After several months of checking sources I only wanted to see if anyone has already reviewed his book eventually leading me to your forum.

I plan to submit my review of his book in about a week. But I am looking forward to further work on the topic as there is so much material around. To name just a few things I could figure out: 1) The "Hero of the DPRK" was, in fact, only titled "Hero of the Korean People's Republic" and changed into DPRK in 1954. Accordingly, those earlier awards presented in the book seem authentic. 2) Award booklets started to feature not award or booklet numbers but eventually the number of the decree of North Korea's standing committee which allows an interesting look into North Korea's legal development.

I hope to upload some award-related legal texts and their English translation soon. But I am currently swamped with work and that will take a while.

Has any one you been in contact with Mr. Sessler? I did not get a response to my email for a month now and I am still hesitating to write him a letter.