A Russian Newspaper's North Korean Native AdvertisingEvery year around the time of his birthday, the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda publishes a native advertisement praising Kim Il-sung, the founder and former supreme leader of North Korea. This year was no exception, and readers were treated to an article titled, “Kim Il-sung — A Great Man of the Century.” The text describes how he created Juche, North Korea’s isolationist version of social
