Polish film director Andrzej Fidyk during last years of socialism in Poland made a document on North Korea, "Defilada" (The Parade). This film of 1989 shows the official side of life in Korea which is pervaded by personality cult, e.g. "The poem has 12 stanzas since Dear Leader was born in 1912", "Now we learn the loyalty song". I think it conveys the mindset of people pretty well, especially as Polish communist filmmakers would not be so suspicious to North Koreans as "American bastards who with building the wall in demilitarized zone have prevented the people of South Korea from escaping to our democratic country" (!) and, in fact, they do have a pretty low guard in the film.
"Loyalty to the leader is a soul and a life of a party member"
etc.
Unfortunately I could not find a youtube cut with English subtitles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrCcUruOA9E
Maybe imperialists should not understand those sacred texts and formulas...
By the way, Kim Ir Sen first son (!), Kim Pyong Il, somehow disinherited because of his mother, was the ambassador in Warsaw in 1998 - 2015.
Hence, as you may expect, North Korean Embassy is quite a big one... But they do keep a low profile here: I remember just one scandal with peddling North Korean workers to Polish industry a couple of years ago.... In new, capitalist Poland it was understood as "labour dumping", and not as "international cooperation", as it surely would be named in old times.
What I have heard from someone who visited the country:
The people of North Korea wear caste-like badges with the picture of Dear Leader; the kind of badge you wear stress your social position, and only the respected and the loyal can wear a badge at all. For no price you will get one! (my reporter wanted one as a souvenir and people were shocked and visibly shaken when they finally understood what he was after...)
"Loyalty to the leader is a soul and a life of a party member"
etc.
Unfortunately I could not find a youtube cut with English subtitles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrCcUruOA9E
Maybe imperialists should not understand those sacred texts and formulas...
By the way, Kim Ir Sen first son (!), Kim Pyong Il, somehow disinherited because of his mother, was the ambassador in Warsaw in 1998 - 2015.
Hence, as you may expect, North Korean Embassy is quite a big one... But they do keep a low profile here: I remember just one scandal with peddling North Korean workers to Polish industry a couple of years ago.... In new, capitalist Poland it was understood as "labour dumping", and not as "international cooperation", as it surely would be named in old times.
What I have heard from someone who visited the country:
The people of North Korea wear caste-like badges with the picture of Dear Leader; the kind of badge you wear stress your social position, and only the respected and the loyal can wear a badge at all. For no price you will get one! (my reporter wanted one as a souvenir and people were shocked and visibly shaken when they finally understood what he was after...)