Catching Weasels in Silent Mountains: A Multispecies History of Hunting in North Korea from the 1940s to the 1960s 


Vol. 28,  No. 2, pp. 51-68, Dec.  2025
10.18399/acta.2025.28.2.003


  Abstract

This article deals with the disappearance of hunting in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to reconsider human-centered narratives of modern authoritarianism. I examine how the perception of hunting in North Korea changed through Pyongyang’s ineffective efforts to classify and exploit animals according to their perceived value in building socialism. In particular, I highlight local understandings of fauna and the gradual disappearance of conventional hunting from state media, a reflection of the disorganized attempts to regulate hunting and mobilize animals for material ends. Contrary to these ambitions, local populations compelled the regime into a tacit compromise, resulting in official silence on hunting.

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[IEEE Style]

D. Woo, "Catching Weasels in Silent Mountains: A Multispecies History of Hunting in North Korea from the 1940s to the 1960s," Academia Koreana, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 51-68, 2025. DOI: 10.18399/acta.2025.28.2.003.

[ACM Style]

Donghyun Woo. 2025. Catching Weasels in Silent Mountains: A Multispecies History of Hunting in North Korea from the 1940s to the 1960s. Academia Koreana, 28, 2, (2025), 51-68. DOI: 10.18399/acta.2025.28.2.003.

[APA Style]

Woo, D. (2025). Catching Weasels in Silent Mountains: A Multispecies History of Hunting in North Korea from the 1940s to the 1960s. Academia Koreana, 28(2), 51-68. DOI: 10.18399/acta.2025.28.2.003.

[MLA Style]

Donghyun Woo. "null." Academia Koreana, vol. 28, no. 2, 2025, pp. 51-68. doi:10.18399/acta.2025.28.2.003

[HAVARD Style]

Donghyun Woo (2025) 'null', Academia Koreana, 28(2), pp. 51-68. doi:10.18399/acta.2025.28.2.003

[ACS Style]

Woo, D.. Academia Koreana 28 2025, 51-68. 10.18399/acta.2025.28.2.003

[ABNT Style]

Woo, D.. null. Academia Koreana, v. 28, n. 2, p. 51-68, 2025. DOI: 10.18399/acta.2025.28.2.003

[Chicago Style]

Donghyun Woo. "null." Academia Koreana 28, no. 2 (2025): 51-68. doi:10.18399/acta.2025.28.2.003

[TURABIAN Style]

Donghyun Woo. "null." Academia Koreana 28, no. 2 (2025): 51-68. 10.18399/acta.2025.28.2.003

[VANCOUVER Style]

Donghyun Woo. null [Academia Koreana]. 2025;28:51-68. DOI:10.18399/acta.2025.28.2.003

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