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The Establishment and Activities of Patriotic Supporter Association in North Korea

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1서울시립대학교

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Patriotic Supporter Association (PSA) was established on July 15, 1949, with the aim of supporting the North Korean People's Army. The establishment of PSA is closely related to the 38-line military conflict that began in 1949 and to the war preparation strategy of North Korea. What North Korea sought in preparation for the Korean War was the militarization of the whole society, and consequently, the government needed a full-scale social mobilization group that encompasses a wide range of masses. Unlike the propaganda of North Korea, organizing PSA at a local level did not proceed very well. However, PSA prepared for war by taking the lead in raising funds for airplanes, tanks and ships and spreading military knowledge, including military training. Due to the mobilization system established at the forefront by PSA, North Korea was able to rapidly switch to the wartime mobilization system as soon as the war broke out. Since the beginning of the war, PSA supported various wartime activities of North Korea in accordance with the demands for the war. In a meantime, PSA further advanced its pre-war tasks of the military supporting role toward direct military functions, and also entered into a new area of sanitation business. Moreover, PSA successfully completed the patriotic supporter lottery ticket project in order to raise funds to perform war, using its experiences in the pre-war fundraising campaigns for airplanes, tanks and ships. In the process, the North Korean citizens settled into the new routine of lives to demonstrate their own patriotism to their country by buying lottery tickets.

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