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Red August: New Posters from DPRK, via Uriminzokkiri
New North Korean posters emerged on August 1, 2012. SinoNK takes a look at two examples.
Let Them Eat Concerts, II: Musical Diplomacy, the Ri Sol-ju Rollout, and Kim Ki-Nam
Analysis of the Moranbong Band as an instrument of DPRK cultural diplomacy, interaction with “First Lady” Ri Sol-ju, and the geriatrics of the Politburo.
Soft Power on a Hardened Path: On DPRK Musical Performance
SinoNK Performing Arts Analyst Jimin Lee compares the Moranbong Band debut to the performative politics of a missile launch. Intro by Adam Cathcart.
Prostitution, Abortion, and ‘Flower Girls’: Women in Hyesan
A look at the politics of reproduction and sexuality in Hyesan, North Korea’s fourth largest city, a gray metropolis which sprawls along the banks of the shallow Yalu river across from the Chinese city of Changbai.
An “Honest Mistake” and “DPRK Successes in the Olympiad”: A Midway Review of North Korean Results and Affairs in the London Games
“Some evil-minded foreign media asserted that the DPRK would take only one silver medal…”
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