Culture
Information related to the North Korean culture and culture in North Korea
New North Korean smartphones using AI, facial recognition technology: DPRK Today
Latest "Jindallae"-brand models popular thanks to their "unique appearance, function, and convenience," state media says
Unconverted political prisoners, and inter-Korean romance, in DPRK fiction
Stories based (very) loosely on the real-life repatriations of prisoners from South to North became popular in the 2000s
North Korea’s KCTV added to fourth satellite broadcasting service
Development could make KCTV easier to watch in South Korea
The Flower of Unification: how a girl from the South became an icon in the North
Lim Su-kyung's 1989 Pyongyang visit shows how close, and yet how far apart, the two Koreas were and remain to this day
How foreign media is changing the ways North Koreans view the outside world
New technology is allowing ordinary people to access sources of information other than Party-approved state media
How technology impacts foreign media consumption, and crackdowns, in North Korea
For ordinary people, connecting with the outside world is an ever-evolving cat and mouse game with the authorities
Citing legal complaints, YouTube purges more North Korea-focused channels
Both DPRK-run and supporter-run accounts among at least six targeted, though others continue to operate
Han Kwang Song, star North Korean footballer, moving to Qatar
Unclear how transfer to Al-Duhail SC is in compliance with UN sanctions, however
A North Korean school of rock: teaching heavy metal to Pyongyang school girls
Funky Sueyoshi reflects on his time at the June 9th school — and whether music could ever inspire change in the DPRK
‘Let’s break through the barriers!’ North Korea’s new political slogans for 2020
Propaganda slogans at Sunday’s mass rally in Pyongyang highlight ideological priorities for coming year
