Kwangmyong Encyclopedia
The Kwangmyong Encyclopedia (Korean: 광명백과사전) is a 20-volume encyclopedia published in North Korea.[1] It includes more than 58,000 entries and 9,000 photos, pictures and maps.[2]
History
The prep work for the encyclopedia began in 2004.[3] The encyclopedia has been published since 2006, and was completed in 2013.[4][2]
Content
Contents of Book are as follows:[4]
- Book 1: History of Korea
- Book 2: World History
- Book 3: Politics & Law
- Book 4: Philosophy
- Book 5: Economy
- Book 6: Literature & Arts
- Book 7: Education, Language, Publishing, Broadcasting
- Book 8: Korean Geography
- Book 9: World geography
- Book 10: Mathematics
- Book 11: Physics
- Book 12: Chemistry
- Book 13: Biology
- Book 14: Astronomy, Environment
- Book 15: Information, Aviation & Nanotechnology
- Book 16: Mining, Metal, Machinery & Electronics
- Book 17: Chemical Engineering, Light Industries, Construction, Transport & Postal Services
- Book 18: Agriculture, Forestry & fishery
- Book 19: The Human Body & Health
- Book 20: Physical Education
See also
References
- ↑ Kwangmyong Encyclopedia Published in DPRK (Archived October 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine)
- 1 2 "北, 1만 6천쪽 분량 새 백과사전 발간". sbsnews. 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "北, 20권분량 '광명백과사전' 발행". Daily NK. 2006-11-26.
- 1 2 "北 '광명백과사전' 9ㆍ10권 발간". nkchosun. 2009-02-22.