The increasingly bourgeois weddings of North Korea's elites



Evergreen The increasingly bourgeois weddings of North Korea’s elites An improving economy is changing the way Pyongyang's great and good tie the knot Andrei Lankov October 31, 2018 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON CPC_1913 by nknews_hq on 2016-10-06 16:29:22 While on the surface North Korea still sometimes seems a living fossil of a bygone era, this is a deeply misleading impression. A lot of things have changed in the DPRK recently, and wedding culture is no exception. In North Korea it is still universally believed that marriage is an inevitable and indispensable stage of every person’s life. This very traditional view is bound to change eventually, but it remains true that that nearly all North Koreans are certain: everybody should marry at the proper age. While on the surface North Korea still sometimes seems a living fossil of a bygone era, this is a deeply misleading impression. A lot of things have changed in the DPRK recently, and wedding culture is no exception. In North Korea it is still universally believed that marriage is an inevitable and indispensable stage of every person’s life. This very traditional view is bound to change eventually, but it remains true that that nearly all North Koreans are certain: everybody should marry at the proper age. Become a member for less than $4 per week. Unlimited access to all of NK News: reporting, investigations, analysis The NK News Daily Update, an email newsletter to keep you in the loop Searchable archive of all content, photo galleries, special columns Contact NK News reporters with tips or requests for reporting Get unlimited access to all NK News content, including original reporting, investigations, and analyses by our team of DPRK experts. Subscribe now All major cards accepted. No commitments – you can cancel any time. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by And how should we address you in correspondence? One more step! Please check your inbox, for an email we just sent you, and click on the confirmation message in it to get subscribed to our Daily News Update. Trending

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The increasingly bourgeois weddings of North Korea’s elites

An improving economy is changing the way Pyongyang's great and good tie the knot

Andrei Lankov October 31, 2018

The increasingly bourgeois weddings of North Korea’s elites

CPC_1913 by nknews_hq on 2016-10-06 16:29:22

While on the surface North Korea still sometimes seems a living fossil of a bygone era, this is a deeply misleading impression. A lot of things have changed in the DPRK recently, and wedding culture is no exception.

In North Korea it is still universally believed that marriage is an inevitable and indispensable stage of every person’s life. This very traditional view is bound to change eventually, but it remains true that that nearly all North Koreans are certain: everybody should marry at the proper age.