Culture
Information related to the North Korean culture and culture in North Korea
Ask a North Korean: Why does North Korea use such a unique calendar?
"As a young girl, I always thought that referring to the year as the Juche year seemed more elegant"
Rocking the nation to sleep: patriotic lullabies in North Korea
The DPRK's state-sanctioned cradle songs can be surprisingly tender
Ask a North Korean: How are public baths different in the North?
"The idea of paying someone else to scrub your body is still foreign to many North Koreans"
How life in North Korea differs from life in the USSR
North Koreans traditionally saw their comradely neighbors as freer, richer, and more interesting
Why Soviet translators in the 1960s hated North Korean literature
Russian experts found little to like in the poor quality of the DPRK's fiction
Ask a North Korean: Pop culture and young love in North Korea
"If a CD or DVD is found stuck in your player, you’re in deep trouble"
A trip to Yanggu and the search for peace on the Peninsula
The towns and villages where the two Koreas meet are the best place to start building a solution
How the “Arduous March” created North Korea’s antique trade
In the 90s, desperate for food, many North Koreans turned to pottery smuggling
Ask a North Korean: How do North Korea’s traffic laws work?
"In most regions outside of Pyongyang, there isn’t much traffic at all and traffic lights are rare"
Ask a North Korean: Does religion survive in North Korea?
"The underground church in North Korea has been almost completely destroyed"
