Powering the Socialist Future: Hydropower and Uneven Electrification in North Korea

Fri 4 Dec · Russell Square: College Buildings · WC1H

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Sign up to attend in person Sign up to attend online Key information Date 4 December 2026 Time 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Venue Russell Square: College Buildings Room RG01 Event type Seminar About this event Why did North Korea urge rural communities to generate their own electricity while celebrating the reconstruction of its major hydroelectric dams? This talk examines large dams and small rural power plants in the 1950s and 1960s, situating their development within the legacies of Japanese imperial engineering and the politics of decolonisation.

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