https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk Please respect all modes. 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 China, Koreans have kept their identity and maintained and developed their unique language and customs. en-us 2017-10-25 18:03:28 UTC 2025-10-08 17:33:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/214071223/638299c679673bd2c3c0748fb9406d77/images__1_.jpg 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200561252 Identification.The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, usually known as North Korea, is a state that occupies the northern half of the Korean peninsula. North Korea is a new state, founded in 1948 as a result of the postcolonial settlement handed down by the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR). The United States and the USSR replaced the Japanese in 1945 and divided the peninsula into the American south and the Soviet north. For much of its short history, North Korea was regarded as a Soviet satellite state. With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, however, North Korea's unique socialism has stood out in the post-Cold War world.]]> 2017-10-25 18:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200561252 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200979551 Pyongyang and other large cities offer the broadest selection of cultural expression. "Art propaganda squads" travel to production sites in the provinces to perform poetry readings, one-act plays, and songs in order to "congratulate workers on their successes" and "inspire them to greater successes through their artistic agitation." Such squads are prominent in the countryside during the harvest season and whenever "speed battles" to increase productivity are held. Pyongyang is a lovely city with beautiful sights]]> 2017-10-26 18:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200979551 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200979841 The population has little or no exposure to foreign cultural influences apart from performances by song-and-dance groups and other entertainers brought in periodically for limited audiences. These performances, such as the Spring Friendship Art Festival held annually in April, are designed to show that the peoples of the world, like the North Koreans themselves, love and respect the country's leader. During the 1980s and the early 1990s, the North Korean media gave Kim Jong-il credit for working ceaselessly to make the country a "kingdom of art" where a cultural renaissance unmatched in other countries was taking place. Indeed, the younger Kim was personally responsible for cultural policy.]]> 2017-10-26 18:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200979841 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200980130 Kim Il-sung himself is described as a writer of "classical masterpieces" during the anti-Japanese struggle. Novels created under his direction include The Flower Girl, The Sea of Blood, The Fate of a Self-Defense Corps Man, and The Song of Korea; these are considered "prototypes and models of Juche literature and art." A 1992 newspaper report describes Kim in semi-retirement as writing his memoirs—"a heroic epic dedicated to the freedom and happiness of the people."^{[this quote needs a citation]}]]> 2017-10-26 18:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200980130 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200980590 Art in North Korea is primarily didactic; cultural expression serves as an instrument for inculcating Juche ideology and the need to continue the struggle for revolution and reunification of the Korean Peninsula. Foreign governments and citizens, especially the Japanese and the Americans, are depicted negatively as imperialists; revolutionary heroes and heroines are seen as saintly figures who act from the purest of motives. The three most consistent themes are martyrdom during the revolutionary struggle (depicted in literature such as The Sea of Blood), the happiness of the present society, and the genius of the leader.]]> 2017-10-26 18:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200980590 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200980909 Juche ideology asserts Korea's cultural distinctiveness and creativity as well as the productive powers of the working masses. Juche is a tower in North Korea and it is in Pyongyang the capital. They call it the Juche tower.]]> 2017-10-26 18:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200980909 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200981168 The contemporary culture of North Korea is based on traditional Korean culture, but developed since the establishment of Democratic People's Republic in 1948.]]> 2017-10-26 18:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/Thedprk/wish/200981168