Abstract EN:

The research about the korean peninsula is very revealing, because it touches one of the last bymbols of the cold war and one of the most militarized zones of the world. In this context the north korea regime has been very influenced by the so-called ideology "kimilsungism". If kim ii-sung's political regime presents itself as a socialist state vwhose sovereignty belongs to the popular masses, his regime is really founded on the monocracy or on the ideocracy of the party-state. The familial, hierarchichal and bureaucratic character of north korea is linked with two fundamental realities : first, the politico-cultural experiences, based on the neo-confucian notion political power ; second, the historical experiences of stalinism and maoism. The complete isolation of the country and the total absence of any bearings which would permit comparisons with other countries create the following situation : the people firmly believe that their country is the greatest in the world and that it is the true socialist model, even after the upheavals in eastern Europe and the subsequent movements towards democratization. In the long term, the regime of the party-state will have to choose between total abandonment or its revision of the "kimilsungism". The first solution would mean the disassembling of the regime and the second could be inspired from the chinese example, i. D. , a more pragmatic policy of reform.