Culture
Information related to the North Korean culture and culture in North Korea
Kim’s North Korea – not the Soviets’
The North's founder gained independence from Moscow through guile, determination and good luck
Getting into the holiday spirit after leaving North Korea
I've learned to embrace Christmas family fun, rather than celebrating Kim Jong Il's mom's birthday
I’m dreaming of a North Korean Christmas
Remembering the North's long-standing, oft-forgotten religious heritage this holiday season
Why N. Korea won’t be worried by its recent reputational disasters
Debacles of recent Orascom investment and Morangbong visit to China will have little impact
North Korean cinematography’s successful debut
Oddly, a competently made 1949 film preceeded decades of North Korean cinematic schlock
Girls, Interrupted: North Korean band’s Beijing no-show
Whatever its cause, this debacle shows Kim Jong Un as diplomatically inept
What’s brewing: How to make and drink your own beer in N.Korea
Drinking is very popular in the North, so much so that strong alcohol is treated like a 'soft drink'
In Northeast China, overworked performers sent home to Pyongyang
Pyongyang Art Troupe lasts just one year in the disillusioning conditions of the Hunchun hotel
North Korea’s patriotic producers of cigarettes
N.Korean tobacco tear-inducingly strong to Southerners, N.Koreans find S.Korean tobacco unmanly