Category Archives: The Schoolgirl’s Diary

Kim Jong Il and the Development of Cinema Art

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

 As reported on the North Korea Tech blog, Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the Workers’ Party of Korea and North Korea’s main national daily, launched an English-language website over the last couple of days with quite a large amount of … Continue reading →

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Review: The Schoolgirl’s Diary

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

Sacrifice is something that is particularly hard to comprehend during adolescence. In Jang In-hak’s modern melodrama, we see the 16-year-old Su-ryeon (Pak Mi-hyang) struggle to come to terms with the fact that her absentee father works tirelessly in the city on … Continue reading →

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