Featured: Koryo Studio North Korean Artwork (March 2024)

Featured North Korean Artwork 1.

THE HARVEST

Society owes much to those who toil in the fields, and the female tractor driver is already a prominent symbol in socialist art. The farmer wears a loose-fitting, army-style cap, which marks her as one of the youth brigade, or volunteers working on labour projects across the country. This painting sends messages to DPRK viewers.

Note the bumper harvest, the electricity pylons and the two background tractors’ resources are plentiful throughout the land.

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Featured North Korean Artwork 2.

TRAFFIC LADY –
FACE OF PYONGYANG

One of Pyongyang’s most iconic symbols.

The traffic ladies are the “face of the capital”, and reputedly the most beautiful women in the city: dressed in their sharp summer uniforms, with a background of modern buildings, and a busy street. The number of cars in Pyongyang has mushroomed over the years, to the point where women’s duties were deemed too dangerous.

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Featured Artwork 3.

GUARDING THE SKIES

Women of the DPRK have a long history of defending their nation, serving as guerrilla fighters against the Japanese, mobilising the locals during the Korean War, or serving in the armed forces after the founding of the republic.

The highly respected Korean military is also the country’s labour force; soldiers work the fields, the mines, and the factories; they build roads, schools, and apartment buildings.

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