[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art

The Washington Post highlights some socialist art pieces from North and South Korea, see what life is like in North Korea in a massive gallery of stunning photographs, professional photographer Seong Joon Cho captures Korea by drone, and The Atlantic looks back on the Korean War after on the anniversary of the armistice agreement.

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"In the galleries: Norman Rockwell would have recognized these socialist images"

Mark Jenkins, writing for The Washington Post, highlights a number of socialist images and artworks from "Contemporary North Korean Art: The Evolution of Socialist Realism"; "South Korea: Examining Life Through Social Realities"; and "The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington" which can be view August 14 at the American University Museum in Massachusetts.

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"100 Photos Inside North Korea – Part 1"

Getting a glimpse into North Korea is always fascinating and strangely surreal. In this post you can enjoy a large gallery of stunning photographs from over the DMZ by Elliot from his time travelling in North Korea: "Most tourists only experience the political smokescreen of Pyongyang; I had the privilege of visiting all corners on one of the longest tours ever executed (no pun intended) for foreigners into the hermit kingdom. It was an eye-opening experience, to say the least..."

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"Korea by Drone" by Photographer in South Korea Seong Joon Cho"

Check out these awesome drone shots from professional South Korea photographer Seong Joon Cho. There're 32 photographs in this gallery and, wow, they really do give you a new perspective. Stunning.

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"Remembering the Korean War"

Alan Taylor looks back at the Korean War through 41 photographs documenting the conflict: "The war had raged across the Korean Peninsula for three years, leaving hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians dead. The Armistice formed the famous Demilitarized Zone that still separates North Korea and South Korea, technically still at war with each other. On this anniversary of the armistice agreement, a look back at the people and places involved in the conflict sometimes called 'the forgotten war'..."

...READ ON THE ATLANTIC