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Welcome to Explore North Korea Tour Blog.Here you could learn more about North Korea and Korean culture

DPRK Public Holidays

DPRK Public holidays The biggest and important Festival in DPRK is 15th of April which is Kim Il Sung’ birthday. It is called Day of the Sun. For some important years there will be military parade and during the festival students or citizen will have big dancing party on Kim Il Sung Square or Street. …

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Education In DPRK

Education in DPRK Education is free in North Korea included in school uniform as well as students’ stationaries. The whole country provide 11 years free education since 1975. One year of pre-school, four years of primary school, and six years of secondary school (junior high + senior high school). In 2014, the Education Ministry of …

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Marriage in DPRK

Marriage in North Korea What kind of man would north korea ladies like to get married with ? During the trip in DPRK the guide told us that Korean ladyies preffer to get marries with a man who is 1) graduated from university 2) A a soldier, 3) A member of Workers’Party of DPRK This …

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Transportation in DPRK

Transportation in DPRK Highways in North Korea North Korea’s highways. It is called highways but they are really bad. Bicycles and people can be seen on highways in North Korea. There are not a lot of highways in North Korea. The road from Pyongyang to Kaesong and the road from Pyongyang to Wonsan and other …

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traffic lady in DPRK

traffic lady in north korea in dprk Traffic policewomen in blue uniforms can be seen on the streets of Pyongyang. The ladies stand in a white circle in the middle of the intersection. looks cool and beautiful. North Korea’s traffic ladies are known as the faces of Pyongyang. Traffic policewomen are popular among North Korean …

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Entertaining

North Korean people like singing ,dancing and music. If you have chance to join in Korean wedding party you can strongly feel this.
If you join in the tour to North Korea you can have chance to watch Art Concert/ Circus Show
In the concert you can see people like the show very much. and the Circus show is also really amazing.

Traffic in North Korea

Main transportation in Pyongyang is:
Bus / Electricity Bus/ Subway /Taxi
If you have chance to travel to North Korea you will realize the the transportation on the road all turn on the light in the day time. Cause government want reduce the traffic accident.
On Sunday you will see few cars on the road cause for many companies if need car on Sunday has to apply in advance.

North Korean TV channel

There are only 4 TV channels in North Korea.
• Central TV Channel for important political news.
• Mansudae Channel for foreign country news.
• Sports Channel for all kinds of sports.
• Cable line Channel for lives.
North Korean people like Chinese movies a lot.
the Korean guide told us that Korean people like Chinese <KeWang > which is produce in 1990 in China.It has 50 TV series When it was showed in Pyongyang there were almost no people on the street in Pyongyang.They all were watching the show at home.

What pants and dress mean in DPRK

In DPRK Pants and Dress has special totally different meaning:

Pants means men /Dress means ladies

Broken Pants means divorced men /Broken Dress means divoiced lady.

Old Pants means married men/ Old Dress means married lady

Long Pants means Workers Party members or University students.

Short Pants means soldiers.

North Korean ladies have to were skirt or dress when they join in very formal place even in winter time.

what do korean people use a bath tub in DPrk?

Bath tub in North Korea not for taking a shower but for making Kimchi. In winter time when cabbage produced. Korean people will make a lot of Kimchi. Bath tub is very good container for making Kimchi for every family. So people do not use bath tub for taking show in DPRK.

propaganda pictures in North Korea?

There is no commercial advertisement in North Korea but propaganda pictures everywhere. On the street,in the subway,even on the postcards and stamps.