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News Exhibition of North Korean art glorifying Russia troop dispatch opens in MoscowOver 120 works on display at Russian museum through next month, including art from sanctioned Mansudae studio
An exhibition of over 120 North Korean works of art is set to open to the public in Moscow on Tuesday, featuring paintings glorifying the DPRK’s troop deployment to the Ukraine war and work likely created by a sanctioned art studio. The culture ministers of North Korea and Russia attended an official opening ceremony at the All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art on Monday, with the exhibition scheduled to run until Oct. 10, according to Russian state media and Moscow’s culture ministry. Russian security chief Sergei Shoigu, a frequent interlocutor with Kim Jong Un who last visited the DPRK in June, © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |