It’s no secret that North Korea is active in inculcating regime messages into its citizens, and one of the most effective ways for the government to politically indoctrinate its people takes place at one of its most everyday institutions — schools.

Grade school textbooks have been one of the most common carriers for propaganda that seeks to legitimize Kim family rule, and understanding their messages can tell us not only about the regime’s propaganda priorities but also about how they shape the worldviews of North Korean defectors and impact their resettlement in democratic South Korea. [/p