North Korea certainly deserves its title of the Hermit Kingdom of East Asia. Even today, for many that country remains a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. Does North Korea really have no COVID-19 cases? Has Kim Jong-un really executed people with a flamethrower? Is everyone there forced to get a Kim Jong-un haircut? As a North Korea watcher, in this podcast I do my best to provide short but detailed responses to these and other most common questions about this country. The podcast is powered by Anchor. For more details visit - askmeaboutdprk.wordpress.com
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episode 10: Episode 10 – Is North Korean culture only a means of propaganda?
North Koreans have pop-culture? You can’t be serious! Many Westerners see culture of the DPRK as a kitschy throwback to the Stalinist era and a mere tool of Pyongyang’s crazy propaganda. Is there more to North Korean culture than that? In today’s episode I will be talking about how culture and art are used in North Korea; what cultural developments has the country undergone in that last thirty years and what it looks like today. So if you are curious how Harry Potter and Mickey Mouse are spending their time in Pyongyang, tune in.