Foreign Languages Publishing House
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Moscow Foreign Languages Publishing House
The Foreign Languages Publishing House was a state run publisher in the Soviet Union that published Russian literature, novels, propaganda, and books about the USSR in foreign languages.[1] These included works by Lenin and Stalin.[1] It was headquartered at 21 Zubovsky Boulevard.
Pyongyang Foreign Languages Publishing House
The Foreign Languages Publishing House is the central DPRK publishing bureau of foreign-language documents, located in the Potonggang District of Pyongyang, North Korea.[2] It employs a small group of foreigners to revise translations of North Korean texts so as to make those texts suitable for foreign-language publication.
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External links
- A Year in Pyongyang, An autobiography of a foreign reviser, Andrew Holloway is available online.
- Foreign Languages Publishing House – electronic documents published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Pyongyang.
- Korean Publication – N. Korean official outlet
- North Korea Books – Canadian firm selling North Korean literature
See also
- Progress Publishers, another Soviet era printing house which published books and pamphlets in English on a wide range of topics.
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