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End of an era: Choe Chang Su, the North Korean “people’s actor,” passes away
Hailing from humble roots, Choe became a fixture of the DPRK silver screen under Kim Jong Il
February 26, 2020
Unconverted political prisoners, and inter-Korean romance, in DPRK fiction
Stories based (very) loosely on the real-life repatriations of prisoners from South to North became popular in the 2000s
January 31, 2020
Changing narratives of adoption in North Korean mass culture
Following the famine of the 1990s, North Korean films increasingly promoted individuals adopting orphaned children
December 20, 2019
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
October 21, 2019
“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
September 18, 2019
“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
August 13, 2019
Dangerous myths: why North Korean culture idolizes the Koguryo period
DPRK-made cartoons often distort historical reality and perpetuate nationalist falsehoods
July 7, 2019
Domestic strivers as anti-heroines: household chores in North Korean movies
DPRK official culture long treated women's work at home as second class
May 12, 2019
“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
March 20, 2019
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
January 28, 2019
