The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters

Why do decades of diplomacy with North Korea consistently fail? B.R. Myers reveals that Western analysts fundamentally misunderstand the regime by ignoring what it tells its own people. While experts label North Korea "communist" or focus on English-language propaganda designed for foreign audiences, the short exposes how the regime's domestic messaging centers on racial nationalism inherited from Japanese colonial rule. Myers demonstrates that North Koreans view themselves as the world's purest race requiring maternal protection from parental leaders, while depicting Americans as inherently evil and South Koreans as contaminated victims of foreign influence. This racial ideology, not economic desperation or diplomatic isolation, drives the regime's behavior and explains why traditional negotiation strategies backfire.