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More articles by 'Tatiana Gabroussenko'
Shaking the people’s paradise: Ri Chung Gu’s subversive North Korean anti-heroes
Reflecting the changing times, one DPRK writer sought to portray more believable juche apostates
“Kings of the country”: growing up in North Korea isn’t always as bad as you’d think
Children in the DPRK enjoy more freedom and less mollycoddling from parents than kids in the West
“Brothers”: the banned North Korean-Soviet film ruined by Juche politics
A jointly-produced movie, the first of its kind, showed just how strict the DPRK really was
Dangerous myths: why North Korean culture idolizes the Koguryo period
DPRK-made cartoons often distort historical reality and perpetuate nationalist falsehoods
Domestic strivers as anti-heroines: household chores in North Korean movies
DPRK official culture long treated women's work at home as second class
“Flames”: how an unusual tale of North Korean romance pushed the boundaries
Unrequited love and female-on-male harassment define this unique DPRK-made serial
Socialism with a human face? North Korea’s brief, but impactful, cultural “thaw”
DPRK official culture in the 1980s sought to encourage citizens to be more empathetic
Feature-length commercials: N. Korean ideological dramas peddling products
How a drama centered on a mineral water factory set the stage for a new type of advertising
How a Chongryon-made movie gave 1980s North Korea a glimpse of capitalist life
Aimed at instilling patriotism, "Silver Hairpin" suggested Koreans were better off in Japan
How North Korea’s nascent consumerism has succeeded in toeing the party line
Far from challenging juche orthodoxy, DPRK-style capitalism has pushed traditional state values
