Ask me about North Korea

Episode 10 – Is North Korean culture only a means of propaganda?


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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.
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Ask me about North KoreaBy Ildar Daminov

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