Culture
Information related to the North Korean culture and culture in North Korea
Trains and sums and games: A busy month ahead for North Korea watchers
For once, we know what’s hot up North; there’s much to play for
News media keeps missing the point on North Korea
Pursuit of catchy headlines, trendy stories ignores real long-term developments in the North – and elsewhere
North Korea never misses chance to bash U.S.
Regime succeeds in making people fearful, despite inroads made by American pop culture
North Korea’s unfinished women’s liberation
Pro-emancipation rhetoric, need for female labor, clashes with engrained patriarchal ideas
Songun soccer: Football politics in North Korea
North Korea’s relationship with the beautiful game is complex – and inevitably tied to politics
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
