Culture
Information related to the North Korean culture and culture in North Korea
North Korea is on a crusade against drugs, crime and ‘capitalist culture’
Recent events suggest that North Korea is trying to crack down on markets, foreign influence and "anti-socialist" acts
Giant octopus slide? North Korea shows off new, colorful ‘socialist villages’
See the photos: North Korean state TV is airing propaganda about newly-built housing communities and partying residents
As the world braces for a COVID-19 winter, North Korea gears up its ski resorts
Satellite imagery shows resorts and even a military ski base being covered with artificial snow
Luxury, but little sex appeal: How Kim Jong Un is transforming North Korean pop
Music professor Keith Howard’s new book digs into how North Korean songs have changed under various Kims
A sign of the times: North Korea adds COVID-19 fighter to stamp depicting heroes
A man in personal protective gear joins workers, farmers and intellectuals in state propaganda artwork
North Korea building ‘youth theaters’ for political rallies, ping-pong and music
Satellite imagery shows progress to theater construction projects, despite ongoing delays at major hospital and resort
The mystery behind a South Korean presidential candidate executed for collusion
He was executed for ties to North Korea and became a political martyr. But new evidence shakes up the story once again.
New, sleek railway cars will haul tourists up North Korea’s ‘holy’ mountain
A North Korean factory says it tested out new funicular cars that will carry people up to the peak of Mount Paektu
Ask a North Korean: What do North Koreans know about Muslims, mosques or Islam?
“Let alone mosques, there aren’t really any churches, monasteries or temples in North Korea.”
North Korea worried that citizens could catch COVID-19 by smoking tobacco
The warning comes after state media claims that migratory birds, snow and yellow dust from China could spread the virus
