As part of its delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Kim Jong Un sent around 120 members of an art troupe to South Korea. However, this was not the first time that a North Korean art troupe traveled outside of its national borders.

In an attempt to spread the regime’s political ideas and Kim Il Sung’s brand of socialism, the North Korean government sent various art troupes to the Third World during the 1970s.

By sending acrobats, folk art performers, and revolutionary music bands to the Third World, Pyongyang sought to impress people in developing countries with their