Dermot Caradoc Hudson (born 20 July 1961) is a British communist[1] political activist with close relations with North Korea. He is the Chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea,[2] Chairman of United Kingdom Korean Friendship Association,[3] and President of the British Association for the Study of Songun Politics.[4][5][6] He is a former trade unionist and civil servant.[7]

Dermot Hudson
Chairman of the British Korean Friendship Association
Assumed office
2000 (2000)
Preceded byPosition created
Chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea
Assumed office
Sep 1985
Personal details
Born20 July 1961 (1961-07-20) (age 63)
Hammersmith, London, England
Political partyCommunist Party of Great Britain (1980–1987)
New Communist Party of Britain (1990–1997)
Socialist Labour Party (UK) (2001–2003)
New Communist Party of Britain (2014–present)
Alma materUniversity of Winchester
Korean Association of Social Scientists
University of Greenwich

Hudson received a doctorate in socio-political science from the Pyongyang-based Korean Association of Social Scientists [ko] in April 2016, after submitting a thesis titled In Defence of Songun.

Hudson's works have been translated into Czech,[8] Serbian,[9] German, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Korean. Dr Hudson has also written articles for 'Covert Action Magazine ' , the Bangladesh 'Daily Folk ' and also in the past Pravda.ru

In 2021 Happenstance Films released the short documentary film A Friend of Kim about Hudson.

Bibliography

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  • Behind the Mirror of Lies - The Truth About the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2011)
  • Who Really Did Start the Korean War?. (2011)
  • Red Flag Flying High in Juche Korea (2012)
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis, Songun and the DPRK (2012)
  • The Eternal People's Sun (2012)
  • People's Korea celebrates 60th Anniversary of Victory in Fatherland Liberation War (2013)
  • Juche Korea September 2012: forward under the banner of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism (2013)
  • Kim Jong Il: Great Defender of Independence, Songun and Socialism (2013)
  • Kim Jong Il: The Greatest Champion of Justice and Independence (2014)
  • Peoples Korea Smashes Counterrevolution (2014). ISBN 1291689605, 978-1291689600.
  • The Anti-KFA McCarthyite Witchhunt in the UK: the real denial of human rights (2015)
  • Land of Anti-Imperialism and Independence: Report of Visit to Peoples Korea for the International Seminar on the Juche Idea for Anti-Imperialism, Independence and Solidarity (2016)
  • In Defence Of Songun (2017). ISBN 1326494635, 978-1326494636.
  • 10th Visit to the land of Juche, People's Korea, October 2015 (2017). ISBN 1326524089, 978-1326524081.
  • Visit to the Juche People's Paradise to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the birth of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung (2017)
  • In Defence of Juche Korea! (2018). ISBN 0244329699, 978-0244329693.
  • Victory Of Juche Korea Is A Science (2018). ISBN 0244111545, 978-0244111540.
  • Travels In The Land Of Juche Korea, 1992–2017: Personal recollections of visiting the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - travel notes and a bit of autobiographical stuff (2018). ISBN 0244433925, 978-0244433925.
  • Korea of Juche (2020)
  • The Famine That Never Was - the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the ‘Arduous March‘ period: The myth of famine in the DPRK exposed (2020). ISBN 1716430887, 978-1716430886.
  • A refutation of the false pseudo-academic propaganda against People's Korea (2020)
  • The Great Conspiracy Against People's Korea (November 2021). ISBN 9781794808652.
  • People’s Korea Battles Covid 19 and Wins. (2022)
  • Red Suns of Juche-based Socialism (April, 2022)
  • Juche Philosophy Study Course - KFA UK and the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea (June, 2022)
  • Socialist Paradise of Juche (September 2023)
  • Return to the Land of Juche Korea April 2024 (August 2024)

Filmography

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  • A Friend of Kim (2019)
  • Confessions of a Foreigner (2019)


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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Confessions of A Foreigner - DPRK short film about Dr Dermot Hudson, retrieved 28 May 2023
  2. ^ "Anti-U.S. Demonstration Held in UK". KCNA. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. ^ "StackPath". theferret.scot. 4 March 2020. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. ^ "An Interview with North Korea's UK Spokesman". www.vice.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  5. ^ "British Association for Study of Songun Policy Formed". KCNA. 23 August 2003. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  6. ^ "British Organizations Issue Joint Statement". Rodong Simnun. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Inside the great Pyongyang crypto caper". British GQ. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  8. ^ A Video About My Books, retrieved 28 May 2023
  9. ^ "Velika Zavera Protiv Narodne Koreje - Dr Dermot Hadson by KFASerbia - Issuu". issuu.com. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.