Culture
Information related to the North Korean culture and culture in North Korea
North Korean brand launches multi-pack canned beer box-set, pictures show
Eight pack of beer includes a complimentary beer glass, latest innovation from Kyonghung Foodstuff Factory
North Korea spent $30 million on alcohol from China last year, data reveals
Whisky and beer most popular foreign drinks in 2019, figures from China's General Administration of Customs show
New N. Korean stamps push propaganda line to “break through” sanctions hardships
Five new stamps follow Kim Jong Un’s new year plenum speech, focus on countering sanctions and other top 2020 policies
North Korean officials rank top universities, criticize “whining” stragglers
Meeting follows Kim Jong Un's September complaints that DPRK education “lags far behind” global trends
The unresolved and sidelined: North Korean human rights and summit diplomacy
Olivia Enos of Heritage discusses why issue of DPRK human rights should be addressed in future denuclearization talks
North Korean state media’s anti-U.S. propaganda remains coded in new year
Coverage of Sinchon Museum showcasing alleged American atrocities continues without explicit U.S. mention
New North Korean smartphones using AI, facial recognition technology: DPRK Today
Latest "Jindallae"-brand models popular thanks to their "unique appearance, function, and convenience," state media says
Unconverted political prisoners, and inter-Korean romance, in DPRK fiction
Stories based (very) loosely on the real-life repatriations of prisoners from South to North became popular in the 2000s
North Korea’s KCTV added to fourth satellite broadcasting service
Development could make KCTV easier to watch in South Korea
The Flower of Unification: how a girl from the South became an icon in the North
Lim Su-kyung's 1989 Pyongyang visit shows how close, and yet how far apart, the two Koreas were and remain to this day
