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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
Bureaucrats, whiners, and wild horses: industrial managers in North Korean TV
Portrayal of non-party enterprise officials has become decidedly more sympathetic over the years
“Do you envy it?” Why North Korean movies urged the people to idealize city life
In DPRK culture, modern technology always means happiness
Suspicious knowledge: foreign languages in North Korean culture
Propaganda has traditionally portrayed those interested in life overseas with suspicion
“Imagine this is tasty!”: cold noodles in North Korean popular culture
The regime's propagandists turned a famine relief food into a national symbol
Misogyny in camouflage: gender relations in Songun cinema
The "military-first" era saw DPRK culture embrace some troubling ideas about romantic relations
How N. Korean filmmakers turned to melodrama to win the youth for Juche
As attitudes began to change in the 1980s, DPRK filmmakers reached into the colonial past
Pyongyang pin-ups: North Korea’s film and TV beauties
In DPRK culture, big is beautiful and round faces are the must-have
Iron and rice: food culture in North Korean movies
Coverage of culinary affairs has often reflected changing economic realities in the DPRK