Culture

  • Promising National Musicians Trained

    In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea the national music with peculiar flavor of the nation is developing day by day according to the modern aesthetic sense under the wise…

  • Kimchi And Folklore of Korea

    The Korean people have long had kimchi as an ordinary side dish as well as soup and soy sauce and bean paste. This can be known through their practice of preparing a table.

  • Beef Barbeque in Korean Style

    One of dishes typical to the Korean cuisine is barbecue. Especially, seasoned beef grilled over a charcoal fire is known to the world as one of the Korean people’s three…

  • Folk Game – Knee Bout

    Knee bout is a folk game of Korea. In the game a player has to hold one bent knee with hand and push his opponent out of a certain area…

  • Jotae, National Musical Instrument

    Jotae, which is believed to be made in the period of the Three Kingdoms (early 3rd century B.C.-middle 7th century A.D.), is a national wind instrument of Korea. Jotae is…

  • Folk Game–Shuttlecock

    Shuttlecock is one of the folk games played by Korean youth and children competing who plays shuttlecock with the feet more without dropping, showing smart tricks. It was played mostly…

  • Jumping Seesaw

    Jumping seesaw is a unique folk game of Korea, in which two persons on both ends of a long plank on a wooden support in the middle jump up and…

  • National dish show held

    The national traditional dish show ran on August 2-3 at the cooking festival hall on Ryomyong Street. On display were over 700 items of designated and invented dishes presented by…

  • Aged People of DPRK and China Meet

    A meeting of aged people from the DPRK and China took place at the Central Youth Hall here on Wednesday. Present there were officials of the Central Committee of the…

  • Loach Soup, Special Food of Kaesong City​

    Loach soup boiled with bean curd is known as one of special foods of Kaesong City. Loach is rich in protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A and many other nutrients. For…

  • Yun I Sang Concert Given

    There took place the 36th Yun I Sang Concert at the Moranbong Theatre on Monday. Among the audience were Pak Chun Nam, minister of Culture, Hong Kyong Ho, director of…

  • Poems and Songs Presented by Schoolchildren

    Schoolchildren presented poems and songs at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace on Tuesday on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the creation of leader Kim Jong Il‘s masterpiece “The Embrace of…

  • Disabled People Gave Performance

    Members of the Korean Art Association of the Disabled gave a performance “We Love Our Country” at the People’s Palace of Culture from July 16 to 21. Their colorful numbers…

  • 22nd Cooking Festival Held in DPRK

    The 22nd Cooking Festival took place at the Pyongyang Noodle House on April 4-7. Presented to it were more than 1 600 dishes and drinks made by those in the…

  • New Korean Feature Film “Graduation Diploma”

    A  new feature film titled “Graduation Diploma” was produced in the DPRK. The film depicts the first-term graduates from Kim Il Sung University who finished its course under the particularly care of…

  • Yun I Sang Concert Given

    There took place the 35th Yun I Sang Concert at the Yun I Sang Concert Hall on Tuesday. Among the audience were Minister of Cultural Pak Chun Nam, officials concerned,…

  • 15th Pyongyang Int’l Film Festival Closed

    The 15th Pyongyang International Film Festival closed with due ceremony at the Central Youth Hall on Friday. Present at the ceremony were Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of…

  • Moran Hill in Pyongyang Boasts of Historical Relics

    Moran Hill in Pyongyang has a lot of historical relics, showing distinguished wisdom and talents of the Korean Nation. Old buildings and remains of castle on the hill dating back to Koguryo Kingdom (B.C. 277-A.D. 668) have been preserved in their original state.

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