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- Songbun (Korean: 성분; MR: sŏngbun), formally chulsin-songbun (Korean: 출신성분; MR: ch'ulsin sŏngbun, from Sino-Korean 出身, "origin" and 成分, "constituent")...
- that range, Songbun is allegedly used to determine whether an individual is trusted with responsibility or given certain opportunities. Songbun allegedly...
- where she fell into a coma and died in August 2004. Under North Korea's songbun ascribed status system, Ko's Korean-****anese heritage made her part of...
- metaphorically described as tomatoes, apples, and grapes, respectively. Songbun is the name given to the caste system established on 30 May 1957 by the...
- independence. During his rise and his consolidation of power, Kim created the songbun, a caste system in which the North Korean people were divided into three...
- serve families with very high Songbun rankings. No wavering or hostile class children and very few children of high songbun, outside of the three “lines”...
- the families with very high Songbun rankings. No wavering or hostile class children and very few children of high songbun, outside of the three “lines”...
- political elites are exempt from conscription, as are people with bad songbun (ascribed social status in North Korea). Recruitment is done on the basis...
- Online. Retrieved 19 April 2015. Collins, Robert (2012). Marked for Life: Songbun, North Korea's Social classification System (PDF). United States: Committee...
- characters in the television series Lost One of the classes in the North Korean Songbun system Hostile (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles...