Talk:Workers' Party of Korea

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The WPK's critics are given undue weight in the infobox[edit]

Seth's, Myers', and Suh's analyses and critiques were made in 2019, 2011, and 1988, respectively. Kim Jong Un changed the WPK's ideological direction in 2021. Irregardless, it seems odd to give those two particular critiques (that the WPK has "little in common with communism" and is "far-right") prominence in the infobox as no other article of a major political party does this. Myers also argues that the WPK has no ideology at all and is just a medium through which the Kim family expresses its cult of personality. Other scholars like American historian Derek R. Ford meanwhile argue that there is a continuity between WPK's ideology and Marxism-Leninism, so why is his opinion not messily cited? Myers' opinion, particularly his book The Cleanest Race, is widely cited or mentioned by academics and non-academic authors alike in news and magazine articles, but his opinion is by no means widely accepted by his peers. Yue🌙 04:01, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely agree. Have removed these from infobox. Zilch-nada (talk) 17:36, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I support the removal.--Jack Upland (talk) 03:58, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]