Art of the DPRK – A New Book

Nick Bonner and his team at Koryo Tours in Beijing have been running trips into the DPRK for years now (and still are if you’re interested). Nick has also made three excellent documentaries on the DPRK. But these days they’re branching outand have their fingers in all sorts of pies.

They‘ve put together, with book designer Oscar Venhuis, a lovely looking and original book Art of the DPRK that includes loads of art and promotional work as well as posters for DPRK films. Most of the art is from a private collection and not seen before outside the DPRK. There are also useful notes and synopses on the films featured. The example opposite is from the DPRK classic – An Unattached Unit. If you’re interested in a copy contact Koryo.

They’ll also be launching the book (an example of the art is left) at the Beijing Bookworm, speaking about it and showing a DPRK film Our Flavour, a romantic comedy about a tour guide and a kimchi taster falling for each other (I’ve seen it and it is funny – though not perhaps always how the North Koreans intended it to be!) on August 6th – details here.