Culture
Information related to the North Korean culture and culture in North Korea
After 60 years of division, how do North Koreans say ‘tractor?’
Among other differences, North Koreans have little use for loanwords, even from Chinese
Korea and America, North and South
Preventing carpetbagging exploiters, rampant discrimination, historical whitewashes all look post-unification challenges
Kaesong serves as North Korea’s window into the world
Region surrounding inter-Korean complex features standards of living rest of the country can only imagine
Even fashion is authoritarian in North Korea
Fashion on the streets, while showing more diversity, still takes its cues from above
Black market makeup in North Korea
From smuggled South Korean products to tattooed-on eyeliner, North Korean women find a way
Inside North Korean television: The wooden box of wonder
Technology follows global trends but the repetitive, unimaginative programming remains the same
No joke: North Koreans don’t fully understand the ridicule
Language barriers, propaganda and harsh realities keep barbs from 'The Interview' and 'Team America' from sinking in
Studying abroad with your family held hostage
Few North Koreans can go to foreign countries at all, and those who do leave family behind as leverage
North Korean TV uploads first HD footage, including archives of Kim Jong Il
Rare archive HD footage shows Kim Jong Il visiting TV studios
Riding the tiger of nationalism in North Korea
How did the North Korean leadership muzzle the tiger that Ceausescu could not control?
