Not to be outdone, his son and successor Kim Jong-il took this one step further with the publication of On The Art Of The Cinema, a treatise dedicated to how literature can be used productively in the interests of the state. This work, which included an entire chapter dedicated to children’s literature, was followed up by the release of works such as Boys Wipe Out Bandits, a cautionary tale of what happens to people out of touch with the the Juche ideology of North Korean self-reliance. Well, no one ever accused them of being subtle.