DPRK, NGO to film Paek Son Haeng film
Pictured above: Paek Son Haeng Memorial Hall, Pyongyang (Google Earth) According to the Daily NK: North Korea has apparently agreed to accept foreign funding to produce a movie which shows Christians...
View ArticlePyongyang University of Dramatic and Cinematic Arts
Pictured above (Google Earth): the Pyongyang University of Dramatic and Cinematic Arts (평양연극영화대학: 39.017329°, 125.792912°) Al Jazeera filmed a short documentary with some students at the Pyongyang...
View ArticleOffice 38 reportedly back in business–and other changes
UPDATE 4 (2/20/2011): Kim Tong-un (김동은) named Kim Jong-il’s fund manager. According to Yonhap: A senior official of North Korea’s ruling party has been named to lead a special party bureau, code-named...
View ArticlePyongyang seeing more inspections
According to the Daily NK: With the border area enveloped in ‘Storm Trooper Unit’ inspections, operations against South Korean goods have been stepped up in distant Pyongyang, according to a man from...
View ArticlePyongyang International Film Festival 2012
Pictured above (Google Maps): Pyongyang International Cinema Hall, home of the Pyongyang International Film Festival. Koryo Tours sent out the following press release today: Dates announced for the...
View ArticleDPRK takes steps to reduce access to foreign media
According to the Daily NK: A new unit was formed in mid-January to deal with the amount of ‘illegal’ media circulating in North Korea. “Unit 114 has been formed following a January 14th order handed...
View ArticleComrade Kim Goes Flying
The first collaborative film project between the DPRK and western producers, Comrade Kim Goes Flying, will premier at the 2012 Pyongyang International Film Festival. If you would like to attend the...
View ArticleSome stuff from Koryo Tours
Comrade Kim Goes Flying…a film by British entrepreneur and Koryo Tours founder Nick Bonner (who also did The Game of their Lives, A State of Mind, and Crossing the Line) and a North Korean film...
View ArticleNorth Korean “Superman” robs Fort Knox
I received a strange email from an anonymous source (so of course I opened it) containing the following information: This is a piece of exciting news that has been leaked from an anonymous source in...
View ArticleSony and “The Interview”
UPDATE 3 (2014-12-18): Christmas day screening of Team America at the Alamo Draft House is already sold out. UPDATE 2 (2014-12-18): Maybe time for a Team America sequel? UPDATE 1 (2014-12-18): Team...
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