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Why North Korea celebrates Party Foundation Day

Why North Korea celebrates Party Foundation Day

Almost nothing in state accounts of the WPK's creation is truthful

Why North Korea celebrates Party Foundation Day
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy October 10, 2017
DPRK Blues: a trip to Hamhung

DPRK Blues: a trip to Hamhung

"When the sun sets, there are no other lights than the ones from the occasional car"

DPRK Blues: a trip to Hamhung
Camila Stub September 29, 2017
Labor of love: the Cheollima movement in North Korean film

Labor of love: the Cheollima movement in North Korean film

From the 1950s to the 1980s, DPRK cinema extolled the ideological benefits of hard work

Labor of love: the Cheollima movement in North Korean film
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko September 22, 2017
DPRK design: A Pyongyang apartment in Seoul

DPRK design: A Pyongyang apartment in Seoul

In a new exhibition, architect Dongwoo Yim hopes to offer Seoulites a slice of N. Korean high-life

DPRK design: A Pyongyang apartment in Seoul
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji September 15, 2017
Snack diplomacy: What Seoulites think of N. Korean nibbles

Snack diplomacy: What Seoulites think of N. Korean nibbles

NK News took to the streets of South Korea’s capital see what locals thought of North Korean snacks

Snack diplomacy: What Seoulites think of N. Korean nibbles
NK News
NK News August 22, 2017
“Nation and Destiny”: the North Korean serial drama with the secret to unification

“Nation and Destiny”: the North Korean serial drama with the secret to unification

Dante's "Inferno," soy bean soup, and the road to redemption: this over 100-episode show has it all

“Nation and Destiny”: the North Korean serial drama with the secret to unification
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko August 16, 2017
North Korea’s unique interpretation of Marxist historiography

North Korea’s unique interpretation of Marxist historiography

DPRK philosophy has been mixed in its teaching of traditional Communist narratives of the past

North Korea’s unique interpretation of Marxist historiography
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy August 4, 2017
Morning Chorus: Pyongyang’s 6 am wake up call

Morning Chorus: Pyongyang’s 6 am wake up call

Why does an eerie electronic ballad play across North Korea’s capital every morning?

Morning Chorus: Pyongyang’s 6 am wake up call
Greg Noone
Greg Noone July 28, 2017
Beyond the “rare glimpse”: Can photography really capture North Korean life?

Beyond the “rare glimpse”: Can photography really capture North Korean life?

A new book aims to subvert the clichés prevalent in photography of the DPRK

Beyond the “rare glimpse”: Can photography really capture North Korean life?
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov July 26, 2017
“Friendship movies”: Chinese characters in North Korean film

“Friendship movies”: Chinese characters in North Korean film

Despite fraternal relations, the Chinese are portrayed as rude, buffoonish, and uncivilized

“Friendship movies”: Chinese characters in North Korean film
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko July 12, 2017