The celebrity defector has found fans in the likes of Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson, but why can’t she get her story straight?
May 17, 2023
As her long-awaited new sci-fi comedy Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon hits the UK, the director tells us about its inspirations, her high school experiences and how she feels about her projects being described as “female-led”
Sep 29, 2022
Police are cracking down on an ‘impure trend’ of imitating the North Korean leader, following the country’s ban on mullets and skinny jeans
Nov 28, 2021
Students who watched the Netflix series on illegal flash drives are also reportedly facing jail time
Nov 25, 2021
It would make North Korea ‘crumble like a damp wall’, according to its state media
Jun 14, 2021
North Korea’s new rules aim to curb the ‘exotic and decadent’ influence of capitalist culture
May 22, 2021
Face masks featuring North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the packaging have predictably caused uproar in South Korea
Dec 12, 2018
The artist gives us the first taste of her fifth album with a HANA-featuring new song, written from the perspective of a girl group spreading pro-AI propaganda
Nov 29, 2018
Choi Sung-gook, Sun Mu, and Kang Nara discuss how they defected from the DPRK and the reasons why they left everything behind
Jun 28, 2018
Talking to the makers of ‘Comrade Kim Goes Flying’, one of the country’s most popular movies, and the first collaboration between the Hermit Kingdom and the West
Jun 12, 2018
Jonathan Lyndon Chase’s canvasses provide a space for healing and expression
Apr 26, 2018
The Hermit Kingdom leader was seen to be enjoying himself
Apr 01, 2018
South Korea is sending a delegation of musicians including Red Velvet across the border
Mar 21, 2018
It’s the first of its kind in the hermit kingdom
Jan 18, 2018
Hyon Song Wol, a member of a girl group whose members were picked by Kim Jong-un, appeared as a delegate at talks over North Korea’s participation in this year’s Winter Olympics
Jan 16, 2018