North Korea Archives and Libraries


 * Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
 * If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
 * Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Libraries
National Library of Korea 201 BANPODAERO(BANPO-DONG) SEOCHO-GU, SEOUL REPUBLIC OF KOREA Telephone: +82-2-590-0500 Rare Books of Korea (National Library of Korea Collection)


 * This category mainly consists of digitized materials of North Korean documents seized between 1945 and 1950 and housed by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The North Korean documents providing a glimpse into a part of the modern and contemporary history of Korea hold high value and significance as primary historical records. In addition, there are plans to present various other documents that shed light on the diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan in the modern times, the provisional government of the Republic of Korea, and the independence movement that was spurred in Korea.