Popular culture usually refers to cultural activities or commercial products that reflect or cater to the tastes of the general public. The concept of pop culture, however, is completely different in North Korea, where it's used as a propaganda tool to spread Communist ideology. "Insight" explores how propaganda characterizes North Korean pop culture.
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Manajahs Music Culture - North Korea Artists: - North Korea National Anthem (애국가/Aegukka) - Mansudae Art Troupe - State Symphony Orchestra of DPRK - North Korean Red Choir - Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble - Wangjaesan Light Music Band
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VISIT www.monkeetime.com FOR MORE VIDEOS, PHOTOS, AND OTHER CONTENT. The propaganda tour took us to a hospital to show us how awesome medical care is in the DPRK. Naturally, we were totally unable to detect the bullshit and left convinced that indeed North Korea is a fucking paradise. But not really. All a sham. Afterwards we visited the Children's Palace where kids play, draw, paint, and otherwise entertain foreigners. Good talent, sad circumstance.
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Music diplomacy is back in the spotlight and its champions have never been so young: The Pyongyang Children's Art Group, with members as young as seven, is on its first visit to Hong Kong.
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This Docu explains the History of North Korea!Leadership,People,Weapons...!
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Hurry Hurry! This word may be a word that you listen most of the time when you come to Korea. Korean's popular word 'Hurry Hurry" is now settled as a part of Korean culture. Korean create an very fast life style. Quick breakfast, quick internet, quick transport, quick phone call...most of Korean's life is involved in quick culture. As a foreigner, what do you think about this hurry hurry culture of Korea? Does it makes too rush to stay in Korea? or does it helped you to get used to Korean life quicker? What do you like? Fast life or slow life?
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This is about Beauty of Hanbok, Beauty of Korean traditional clothes.
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In August, Worldfocus web producer Ben Piven traveled to the 2009 Arirang Games in Pyongyang, North Korea, with a point-and-shoot camera. The socialist mass games performance features 100000 performers and runs six nights a week for over two months. worldfocus.org
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Get Punch! on the App Store: itunes.apple.com The tourism board of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is slated to be Launch Sponsor of "Punch!,"a new, American popular-culture ipad application to launch soon. Punch! is a modern digital media company founded by a collection of old and new media heavyweights including Maer Roshan of Radar, Talk and New York Magazine, David S. Bennahum of the American Independent and the Wired magazine, and Dany Levy, founder of the Daily Candy, a very popular site that made her very rich. The launch of Punch! celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the birth of eternal President Kim Il Sung and will feature an multiple array of digital assets developed with the intention of luring tourists to the great nation. "The Great leader is also very fond of his iPad and Daily Candy, so when he heard the famous mogul Mrs. Dany Levy was involved with a new ipad app, he had us find her immediately," said Lee Woo-Jin, a spokesman for the DPRK Tourism board, "When we realized that the app was launching at exactly the same time almost as the 100th anniversary, we took it as a sign that we had to be a part of it." April 15th 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of national founder and eternal President Kim Il Sung. The occasion will be marked by Mass Games performance, the Kimilsungia flower show, child prodigy classic guitar exposition where 1500 synchronized child guitarists will play classical works composed by the great leader for an ...
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Multimedia producer Ben Piven's video chronicles his five-day trip in August. Watch original footage of the Pyongyang Metro, rural countryside, Demilitarized Zone and everyday North Koreans. Part 5 of 6 in our "Inside the Hermit Kingdom" series on the people and culture of North Korea. worldfocus.org
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David Pluth travels to North Korea and shows us this amazing country www.fotografx.biz
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Program introducing various countries' text book. This one cut introduces DPRK text book.
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Inside North Korea 1 of 2 - BBC Our World Investigative Documentary, recorded 27.05.2010 Sue Lloyd Roberts gets a rare glimpse into one of the last remaining communist states.
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Brian shares a couple rare finds for learning specifically the North Korean dialect of Korean. It's been interesting diving into the mysterious culture of North Korea and seeing the language and how it is different or the same from what I've learned about South Korea. Hope everyone is doing well, be sure to comment, would love to know what you think. See this vid at the BrianonLanguage blog for links and more: bit.ly Love ya! Brian
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May 1995 A child struggles to smile at our camera because it is forbidden to look sad. Farm labourers wear make-up in the fields and at a cement factory no workers or cement can be seen. North Korea is determined to present a perfect face to the world but cannot hide the failure of its isolationist policy. Building projects stand idle and the country is having a hard time adjusting to life without communist leader Kim Il Sung. Each day thousands gather to weep before his statue. From Pyongyang we visit the 38th parallel - watched by tense southern soldiers. At the International Sports and Culture Festival for Peace North Korea's wrestling champion triumphs over his blond American opponent to rapturous applause - a staged win in an allegedly hostile world. Produced by ABC Australia Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
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황금보검 6 1:01 Silla Golden Dagger studded with garnet gemstones originated from Eastern Europe ; the exotic Golden Dagger designed by the special skill of the time. We expect that it would be a masterpiece made by a Eastern Roman craftsman during the Migration period. 0:30 During the Migration period(3C-6C), Eastern Roman craftsmen made various handicrafts by the special orders of people from north Asia, which is the possible evidence that Silla Golden Dagger was made by an Eastern Roman craftsman with greatest skill in the Black Sea region. Then, who was the owner of the Golden Dagger, so exotic, and how could be the Golden Dagger brought into Silla (Korea) 1500 years ago. 1:15 Who was the person buried with the Golden Dagger in the Silla Tomb (14th Tomb) 1500 years ago? 1:46 Kyungju national Museum Historic remains unearthed in 14th Tomb This seemingly simple iron saddle is decorated with a gold-inlaid dragon. 2:43 Golden decoration for horses Fancy remains and the Golden Dagger unearthed in the tomb prove that the owner of the tomb must be of a high ranking person. 2:56 Based on the two pairs of earings and the positions of the remains in the tomb, it has been reaveled that there two persons were buried. Were they Silla noble family members or foreigners who brought the Golden Dagger into Silla? 3:28 I believe the owner of the tomb where the Golden Dagger was found were a westerner. But others believe that they were not foreigners as the other remains except the ...
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a-ha's eternal pop evergreen performed by young accordeon players from KUM SONG School, filmed in Pyongyang, North Korea december 2011. Part of multi-genre project THE PROMISED LAND by director and artist MORTEN TRAAVIK, opening at the international arts and culture festival Barents Spektakel in Kirkenes, Norway February 8-12, 2012 (Juche 101). For more info please go to www.traavik.info and www.barentsspektakel.no
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Manajah Presents : North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국) is a state in East Asia Capital: Pyongyang Official languages: Korean Area: 122.762 Km² Population: Ca. 24.000.000 Ethnic groups: North Korea's population is one of the most ethnically and linguistically homogeneous in the world Currency: North Korean won (₩) Motto: 강성대국 (Powerful and Prosperous Nation) Religion: 64 % No Religion 16 % Korean Shamanism 14 % Cheondoism 4 % Buddhism 2 % Christians Sport: Perhaps the most well known sporting event in North Korea is the annual Arirang Festival The Rungrado May Day Stadium is the largest stadium in the world (see Pictures at 04:07 ) Personality cult: The North Korean government exercises tight control over many aspects of the nation's culture, and this control is used to perpetuate a cult of personality surrounding Kim Il-sung, and, to a lesser extent, Kim Jong-il. Human rights: Multiple international human rights organizations accuse North Korea of having one of the worst human rights records of any nation Media: The media of North Korea is one of the most strictly controlled in the world. Tourism: For citizens of the US and South Korea it is practically impossible to obtain a visa for North Korea The Korean War: The Korean War was a military conflict between North Korea and South Korea beginning on June 25, 1950 where nearly 3.000.000 Humans Dying. North and South Korea have never signed ...
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Kum Song School in Pyongyang performing their now world famous accordion version of A-ha´s hit song "Take on me", at the Norwegian Barents Secretariat in Kirkenes. The North Korean accordion players are taking part in the annual Barents Spektakel culture festival in Kirkenes.
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