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Information related to the North Korean culture and culture in North Korea

Free time in Pyongyang: What is there to do in North Korea’s capital?

Free time in Pyongyang: What is there to do in North Korea’s capital?

Seven former - and current - residents of Pyongyang discuss what they do for fun in the DPRK’s capital

Free time in Pyongyang: What is there to do in North Korea’s capital?
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham October 13, 2015
Who reads North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper?

Who reads North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper?

Subscriptions generally available to certain ranking party officials, but everyone can read it at stations, lecture time

Who reads North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper?
NK News
NK News October 13, 2015
N.Korean Chuseok: Like S.Korean Chuseok without the traffic

N.Korean Chuseok: Like S.Korean Chuseok without the traffic

North Koreans usually live close to their relatives, and couldn't travel long distances to see them if they didn't

N.Korean Chuseok: Like S.Korean Chuseok without the traffic
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung October 6, 2015
Caught with porn in North Korea

Caught with porn in North Korea

X-rated materials are hard to find in the North, because the penalty for them is a trip to the prison camp

Caught with porn in North Korea
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung September 28, 2015
In North Korea, sometimes the dead come back

In North Korea, sometimes the dead come back

No, not zombies – absence of medical care, standard funeral homes means some are declared dead prematurely

In North Korea, sometimes the dead come back
Je Son Lee
Je Son Lee September 22, 2015
Teatime in North Korea – or the lack thereof

Teatime in North Korea – or the lack thereof

Northerners in the provinces don't have the luxury – literally – of tea

Teatime in North Korea – or the lack thereof
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung September 16, 2015
Laibach rocks N. Korea: Scenes from a historic concert

Laibach rocks N. Korea: Scenes from a historic concert

What kind of impression did Pyongyang’s first ever rock concert make? Could there be another?

Laibach rocks N. Korea: Scenes from a historic concert
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham September 9, 2015
Pastor: Young N. Korean defectors can bridge the gap

Pastor: Young N. Korean defectors can bridge the gap

Many refugees become Christians, despite seeing similarities in religion, North Korean ideology

Pastor: Young N. Korean defectors can bridge the gap
David Tian
David Tian September 3, 2015
North Korean nostalgia in a unified Korea

North Korean nostalgia in a unified Korea

Why the collapse of the Kim regime will not mean a collapse of the Kims’ image

North Korean nostalgia in a unified Korea
Benjamin R. Young
Benjamin R. Young September 3, 2015
Is coffee popular in North Korea?

Is coffee popular in North Korea?

Coffee was once a luxury item in the capital Pyongyang – and even rarer everywhere else in the country

Is coffee popular in North Korea?
Je Son Lee
Je Son Lee September 1, 2015