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In an unusual move, the General Students Association of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) on Sunday made public an array of juche (or "self-reliance") tracts found at the association's office.
The tracts were allegedly used by the previous leadership of the association to educate students in the ideology, which is embraced by the North Korean leadership.
Classified as a "representative activist student association", the preceding leadership of the HUFS General Students Association was headed by Baik Jong-ho, 25, chairman of the outlawed student activist group Hanchongryun, until its term expired last year.
The juche tracts included a 90-page booklet titled, "Collection of Theses on the Juche Ideology in Commemoration of the 90th Year Since the Birth of Chairman Kim Il-sung: How South Korean Juche Ideologists Are Struggling for the Propagation of the Juche Ideology". Also included were reprinted copies of editorials from the (North) Korean Workers' Party organ Rodong Sinmun, titled, "Let's Construct the Path of an Independent National Economy," and "Let's Arm Ourselves with the Basic Spirit of the Juche Ideology."
Former HUFS General Students Association chairman Baik was indicted on December 31 on charges of having led nearly a dozen violent illegal demonstrations including a sit-in on a Pusan pier last July and for his membership of Hanchongryun.
(Im Min-hyuk, Imhcool@chosun.com )
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