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Pyongyang pin-ups: North Korea’s film and TV beauties

Pyongyang pin-ups: North Korea’s film and TV beauties

In DPRK culture, big is beautiful and round faces are the must-have

Pyongyang pin-ups: North Korea’s film and TV beauties
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko February 7, 2018
Inter-Korean progress: what’s motivating Pyongyang?
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Inter-Korean progress: what’s motivating Pyongyang?

The DPRK has made important gains, but when PyeongChang is over little will have changed

Inter-Korean progress: what’s motivating Pyongyang?
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy January 19, 2018
On the hunt for North Korea’s last Siberian tigers

On the hunt for North Korea’s last Siberian tigers

The researchers - both international and Korean - behind the search for the elusive big cat

On the hunt for North Korea’s last Siberian tigers
Greg Noone
Greg Noone January 19, 2018
How propaganda changed: the Rodong Sinmun under Kim Il Sung

How propaganda changed: the Rodong Sinmun under Kim Il Sung

From mentions of Stalin to Juche, here's how state discourse shifted on the first leader's watch

How propaganda changed: the Rodong Sinmun under Kim Il Sung
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy January 18, 2018
Ask a North Korean: What was your first Christmas in South Korea like?

Ask a North Korean: What was your first Christmas in South Korea like?

"Just two years ago, the holiday known as Christmas felt awkward to me ..."

Ask a North Korean: What was your first Christmas in South Korea like?
Park Ui-sung December 25, 2017
Iron and rice: food culture in North Korean movies

Iron and rice: food culture in North Korean movies

Coverage of culinary affairs has often reflected changing economic realities in the DPRK

Iron and rice: food culture in North Korean movies
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko December 21, 2017
The legend of Pak Pong Ju: a film tribute to N. Korea’s premier

The legend of Pak Pong Ju: a film tribute to N. Korea’s premier

"Guarantee" depicts Pak as the ideal Party man and offers possible hints about his biography

The legend of Pak Pong Ju: a film tribute to N. Korea’s premier
Peter Ward
Peter Ward December 11, 2017
Cooking up a storm: Moscow’s North Korean restaurants

Cooking up a storm: Moscow’s North Korean restaurants

How one DPRK-run establishment became the center of a media controversy in Russia

Cooking up a storm: Moscow’s North Korean restaurants
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy December 7, 2017
Ask a North Korean: What’s cool in North Korea?

Ask a North Korean: What’s cool in North Korea?

"South Korean culture plays a huge role in driving these changes"

Ask a North Korean: What’s cool in North Korea?
Park Ui-sung December 6, 2017
Cadres behaving badly: a cautionary tale, North Korean-style

Cadres behaving badly: a cautionary tale, North Korean-style

"Our Family’s Problem" is a compelling portrait of day-to-day Party life in the 1970s

Cadres behaving badly: a cautionary tale, North Korean-style
Peter Ward
Peter Ward December 4, 2017