Dermot Hudson | |
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Chairman of the British Korean Friendship Association | |
Assumed office 2000 | |
Preceded by | Position created |
Chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea | |
Assumed office Sep 1985 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 July 1961 Hammersmith, London, England | (age 62)
Political party | Communist Party of Great Britain (1980–1987) New Communist Party of Britain (1990–1997) Socialist Labour Party (UK) (2001–2003) New Communist Party of Britain (2014–present) |
Alma mater | University of Winchester Korean Association of Social Scientists University of Greenwich |
Dermot Caradoc Hudson (born 20 July 1961) is a British communist[1] political activist with close relations with North Korea. He is the Chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea,[2] Chairman of United Kingdom Korean Friendship Association,[3] and President of the British Association for the Study of Songun Politics.[4][5][6] He is a former trade unionist and civil servant.[7]
Hudson received a doctorate in socio-political science from the Pyongyang-based Korean Association of Social Scientists in April 2016, after submitting a thesis titled In Defence of Songun.
Hudson's works have been translated into Czech,[8] Serbian,[9] German, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Korean. Dr Hudson has also written articles for 'Covert Action Magazine ' , the Bangladesh 'Daily Folk ' and also in the past Pravada.ru
In 2021 Happenstance Films released the short documentary film A Friend of Kim about Hudson.