Despite the fact that the DPRK has not been involved in war for about six decades, contemporary North Korean culture tends to present the past, present and future of the country as overwhelmingly militarised. 

A peculiar consequence of this militarisation of culture is the creation of an artificial quasi-war environment. North Korean narrators blur the historical timeframes of events, and mention only the most obscure details of defence operations.

PERPETUAL WAR

The audience is left with an impression that the described events supposedly occur today and that the country is participating in actual war activity. This is related to both