This is a list of North Korean television programmes or series. For North Korean multi-part films and film series see list of North Korean films.

List

This television-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
Year Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1977 Squirrel and Hedgehog Kim Jun-Ok (Episode 1~4), Kim Young-Cheol, Kim Gwang-Seong, Do Cheol, Oh Sin-Hyeok, Yun Young-Gil, Lee Seok-Hoon, Lee Cheol Animated series
1980[1] or 1992 A New Spring in Sokgaeul (석개울의 새봄)[2] Drama based on a novel by chon se bong. drama about change of agricultural villages into collective farms.[3]
1995 Paekkumsan[4] Drama
2000[1] Aspiration (열망)[5] Drama
2015 Bulletproof Wall[6] Um Chang-gol Heon Sung-joon Historical drama, Psychological thriller The series is set in the 1940s Korea under Japanese occupation. Narrator often details the historical timeline, from North Korean viewpoint, compared to the one portrayed in the series. The series contains CGI animated action scenes. Cast actors of Russian origin appear in the series.[6]
2012 Chastisement (징벌)[7] Historical drama Takes place at the time of March 1st Movement[7]
2003[1] Coal Miner (탄부) [8] Drama Based on novel of Kim Mun Chang.[9]
2003 Hot plains (뜨거운 평야) Drama [10]
2012 Devote Yourself (자기를 바치라)[11] Drama
It's So Funny Comedy One of the world's longest running stage-comedy variety shows ever. It has been running since the 1970s. [12]
2000[1] A Lark (종달새)[13] Drama
2010s Kye Wol Hyang [14] Historical drama Takes place during Imjin war in the 16th century[14]
Common Sense Propaganda[15] Included the five-episode series Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle in 2004[16]
2000 [1] VHS published in 2004-2005 Our Warm House (or Our Warm Home) (따뜻한 우리집) [17] Medical drama Takes place at Pyongyang Maternity Hospital [17] About daily life in North Korea, in two parts[18]
2000[1] Red Soil (붉은 흙) [19] Drama Based on life of Ri Ryong-jin [19]
2000[1] The First Chief of Oil Department (첫 연유국장) [20] Drama Based on actual events [20]
2002 Grab the satba (샅바를 잡아라) Drama [21]
2002 Don't Wake Up Mom (엄마를 깨우지 말아) Soap opera In three parts, about a working couple[18]
2002 Love and hate (사랑과 증오) Drama based on a "true story" [22]
2006 The Class Continues (수업은 계속된다) Drama About daily life in North Korea, in eight parts[18]
2009 The Spring of Love (사랑의 샘) Drama About daily life in North Korea, in three parts[18]
2010 The name of that girl (그 처녀의 이름) Drama [23]
2011 Our Women's Soccer Team (우리녀자축구팀) Drama About daily life in North Korea, in three parts[18]currently 5 parts.
2013 Waiting for father (기다리는 아버지) Drama [24]
2015 Pyochang Drama [25]
2016 Value it preciously (귀중히 여기라) Drama [26]
2017 Glow of the North (북방의 노을) Drama [27]
2018 Insam diggers in the year of Imjin (임진년의 심마니들) Drama [28]
2022 The Last Unicorn (마지막 한알) Drama Based on true story of north korean table tennis player Pak Yung-sun.[29][30]
2023 A Note of an Official of the Prosecutor’s Office (한 검찰일군의 수기) Drama [31][32]
Unknown Child Broadcast Time (아동방송시간) Children's Program Compilation of North Korean cartoons.[33]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Korea Film Coporation [sic]. Others". korfilm.com.kp. Korea Film Corporation. p. 1. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  2. ^ Ri 2012, p. 172.
  3. ^ "tv극". nks.ac.kr.
  4. ^ "[클로즈업 북한] 北 최고 인기 드라마 '백금산'…재방영 의도는?". kbs.
  5. ^ Ri 2012, p. 173.
  6. ^ a b JH Ahn (6 July 2015). "North Korea's "Bulletproof Wall" TV series oddly satisfying". Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  7. ^ a b Ri 2012, p. 179.
  8. ^ Ri 2012, p. 171.
  9. ^ "(텔레비죤연속소설) 탄부. 제6부[비디오자료]".
  10. ^ "뜨거운 평야".
  11. ^ Ri 2012, p. 178.
  12. ^ Herskovitz, Jon; Kim, Christine (12 April 2010). "There's Little Funny About North Korea's Comedy Show". ABC News. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010.
  13. ^ Ri 2012, p. 174.
  14. ^ a b Ri 2012, p. 177.
  15. ^ BBC Monitoring (8 January 2005). "N Korea wages war on long hair". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  16. ^ McCurry, Justin (12 January 2005). "Get a socialist haircut, North Korea tells men". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  17. ^ a b Ri 2012, p. 170.
  18. ^ a b c d e Understanding North Korea: Totalitarian dictatorship, Highly centralized economies, Grand Socialist Family. Seoul: Institute for Unification Education, Ministry of Unification. 2015. p. 333. GGKEY:Q35FXTAE44S.
  19. ^ a b Ri 2012, p. 175.
  20. ^ a b Ri 2012, p. 176.
  21. ^ "샅바를 잡아라".
  22. ^ "사랑과 증오".
  23. ^ "그 처녀의 이름".
  24. ^ "기다리는 아버지".
  25. ^ "표창".
  26. ^ "귀중히여기라".
  27. ^ "북방의 노을".
  28. ^ "임진년의 심마니들".
  29. ^ "New Faces Emerging in N. Korea's Culture and Art". kbs.
  30. ^ "북한서 '70년대 탁구여왕' 박영순 다룬 새 스포츠 연속극 방영". yna. 9 April 2022.
  31. ^ "New North Korean drama leans on violence and foul language to appeal to viewers". nknews. 4 January 2023.
  32. ^ "조선중앙TV 연속극에 관한 검찰일꾼 감상 발표 모임 조직". dailynk. 31 January 2023.
  33. ^ "KCTV Video Archive". KCNA Watch. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

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