Tag: kim il sung
North Koreans question reforestation campaigns as planted trees disappear for firewood...
Despite repeated mobilizations for tree-planting every spring and autumn, hillsides remain barren as saplings are harvested for fuel and small farming plots prevent forest...
Chinese war films shock North Koreans with revelations about regime’s Korean...
Movies depicting Chinese military sacrifices during the Korean War are spreading along the border, prompting viewers to question decades of state education that attributed...
Kim Jong Un’s pet project: North Korea orders artists to emulate...
Following the release of the film "72 Hours" last February, North Korea has urged artists in all fields to adopt the movie's "creative spirit."
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N. Korea launches youth indoctrination drive amid growing dissent
North Korea has ordered mandatory weekly indoctrination sessions for young people nationwide, deploying revolutionary slogans and historical lessons to counter growing youth dissatisfaction with...
North Korea reinforces “two hostile states” narrative in police briefing
North Korea has doubled down on its "two hostile states narrative" in a recent lecture delivered to senior police officers.
"A message from Kim Jong...
N. Korea, Chinese firm meet to boost ginseng liquor sales
As North Korea quietly works to expand exports to China, representatives from a Chinese company selling North Korean Kaesong Koryo Ginseng Liquor and a...
Workers scoff at ‘worthless’ propaganda materials as N. Korea demands impossible...
North Korean authorities have begun urging workers to "increase production" and "economize," distributing political propaganda materials to General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea...
N. Korean family forced to rush funeral during Kim’s birthday holiday
A family in Anju, South Pyongan province, was recently forced to curtail traditional three-day funeral proceedings to just two days when a death coincided...
N. Korean women’s union members privately mock Kim’s ‘Our State First’...
North Korea's prominent women's organization, the Socialist Women's Union, recently organized a political ideology study session focused on Kim Jong Un's "Our State First"...
Privilege and fashion: How N. Korea’s elite children copy Kim Jong...
North Korean students, particularly those from privileged backgrounds, are increasingly imitating the style of Kim Ju Ae, daughter of leader Kim Jong Un. Parents...
