I read some of this article today, it is looking at a policy speech and going over the economic development and future outlook for DPRK. This website writes from a south Korean perspective with a fairly positive view of DPRK (it's illegal to praise DPRK). ... read full post
A member of the congregation at Bongsu Church in Pyongyang speaking about her experience during the US carpet bombing of the DPRK and its impact on her life as a Christian from Dai Sil Kim-Gibson’s “People Are the Sky” (2014). ... read full post
Video about Rungna People's Pleasure Park
I have not watched the entirety of this yet but I thought it was nice and wanted to share.
Personally I recommend the performance at 15:38, 영천 아리랑
It's October, time for a new thread. This is a thread for Korean language learners to share ressources, experiences, or ask questions.
(Note: Machine translation) ... read full post
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(2012 article) "Bombing ends, but village still not free from past" ... read full post
I tried to make timestamps for the performances from various countries but I might have missed some or noted them inaccurately, please let me know if you see a problem. ... read full post
It's intended for Windows and is from 2006, so I recommend running in a Virtual Machine with Windows XP. It also used to work for me with Wine (under Linux), but then I broke my config somehow... ... read full post
Chuseok (Kor. 추석, Chin. 秋夕) refers to the harvest festival celebrated on the fifteenth day (the full moon day) of the eighth lunar month. Chuseok literally means “autumn evening,” and may be understood to mean the “autumn evening with the brightest moon.” ... read full post
From North Korea to Cuba to Iran to Venezuela, sanctions kill. This zine explores the geopolitical and human impact of sanctions. We argue that sanctions are tools of political violence, and discuss the crippling effects of sanctions, through essays, poetry, personal stories, and more. ... read full post
Here is another performance of it, and the lyrics: ... read full post
I found this really interesting. Southern Korean actress puts on a Yanbian Korean accent and the presenters go wild. It's an insight into dialect differences within the language.
As suggested here, this is a thread for Korean language learners to share ressources, experiences, or ask questions.
I'm not sure how much activity this thread will get; if this thread sees more activity, I will adjust the frequency to be bi-weekly or weekly.
I haven't thoroughly read through all of this yet, just taken a basic look at it. Biological warfare against North Korea is an issue that is often raised but generally treated as "inconclusive". ... read full post
Excerpts from article: ... read full post
More videos (in Korean) of this area: ... read full post
Some footage of the demonstration.
Excerpts: ... read full post