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Cho Ki-chon (Korean: 조기천; 6 November 1913 – 31 July 1951) was a Russian-born North Korean poet. He is regarded as a national poet [5] and "founding father of North Korean poetry" [6] whose distinct Soviet-influenced style of lyrical epic poetry in the socialist realist genre became an important feature of North Korean literature.
Shorter poetry was most common, while the longer epic genre was restricted to just six poets, who were also the poets laureate of North Korea. [3] Epic poetry (and film) became the chief vehicle of political propaganda under Kim Jong Il. [3] The DPRK Ministry of Culture promoted North Korean literature in Russia and China during the Cold War era
Jang Jin-sung (Korean: 장진성; born c. 1970–1971) is the pseudonym [2] of a North Korean poet and government official who defected to South Korea.He had worked as a psychological warfare officer within the United Front Department of the Korean Workers' Party.
Why are so many North Koreans crying in pictures with Kim Jong-Un. Nick Cardona. January 25, 2018 at 10:05 AM. There are many things the rest of the world just doesn’t understand about North Korea.
Korean poetry can be traced at least as far back as 17 BC with King Yuri's Song of Yellow Birds but its roots are in earlier Korean culture (op. cit., Rutt, 1998, "Introduction"). Sijo , Korea's favorite poetic genre, is often traced to Confucian monks of the eleventh century, but its roots, too, are in those earlier forms.
The contemporary culture of North Korea is based on traditional Korean culture, but has developed since the division of Korea in 1945. Juche, officially the Juche idea, is the state ideology of North Korea. Juche displays North Korea's cultural distinctiveness as it is the origin and sole adopter of the ideology. [1]
Everyone in North Korea is heartbroken over leader Kim Jong Un's apparent weight loss, said an unidentified resident of Pyongyang quoted on the country's tightly controlled state media, after ...
Tens of thousands of North Koreans marched in anti-U.S. rallies over the weekend, pledging “merciless” revenge against “U.S. imperialists,” as the country marked the 73rd anniversary of ...