Ask a North Korean: What superstitions and urban myths exist in North Korea?

Ask A North Korean

Ask a North Korean: What superstitions and urban myths exist in North Korea?

The state has failed to fully root out folk beliefs, which range from wedding rituals to tall tales about Kim Il Sung

Joshua Kim July 4, 2022

Ask a North Korean: What superstitions and urban myths exist in North Korea?

A mythical Chollima horse statue at Mangyongdae Children's Palace in Pyongyang | Image: Eric Lafforgue (April 29, 2010)

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