The Korean Art Film Studio (조선예술영화촬영소 | 朝鮮藝術攝影所)is the home of the North Korean film industry, commonly known as "Chollywood" (a combinaton of "Chollima" + "Hollywood), and located in Pyongyang, North Korea. The studio
Art under Control in North KoreaArt under Control in North Korea By Jane Portal, London: Reaktion Books, 2005, ISBN...David-West, AlzoMcFarland & Company, Inc.North Korean Review
North Korea - Culture, Traditions, Religion: The compound religious strains of shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism have deep roots in Korean culture. Although the country has received continuous streams of foreign cultural influence mainly from
North Gyeongsang is a province in eastern South Korea. It is bounded to the east by the East Sea (Sea of Japan), to the south by South Gyeongsang province, to the west by the provinces of North Jeolla and North Chungcheong, and to the north by Gangwon pr
Since Kim Il Sung's death, it is Kim Jong Il, his son, who holds the supreme authority inside the party. Kim Jong Il is also the supreme commander of the army. He is so deemed in not only North Korea but by the South Korean government. When in June 2000 the South Korean president...
Tianchi, or “Heaven Lake,” which sits on the border between China and North Korea as it would appear during the winter months Picture of the Great Leader with a young, yet still round-in-the-middle, Kim Jong-Il at the art museum. When I was in North Korea and being told about the...
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n my last trip to Asia, I stopped off in Seoul for an important side-trip. I'd been to South Korea three times before, and each time I'd tried to make this side trip—but each time, something came up to block my way. A public holiday was announced, or I came on the wrong day...
Since the opening of the borders to North Koreans, some foreigners were also able to visit Korea but these are rather an exemption than a rule and were the guests of the state or organizations closley related to it.When Will the Borders Open for Tourists?
An expert on North Korean art, Georgetown Professor B.G. Muhn, said that the socialist realism of North Korean art has a "naive, melodramatic quality. That we can't see in contemporary art." Many works of art from Mansudae idealize life in North Korea.CBS News ...