Ever desperate for hard currency, the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.korea-dpr.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">official website of North Korea</a> offers propaganda art for sale, including some of Song Byeok's designs. Artwork promoting the North Korean regime is available on beer steins, clocks and even iPad and iPhone covers. The items are made in places as diverse and as far from North Korea as El Salvador and Pakistan. They are for sale in U.S. dollars and ship from California. This calendar sells for $5.99 and says "We must be determined to fight and win against imperialism." You can also order this motif on an insulated bottle or can holder.
North Korean communism for sale —
Ever desperate for hard currency, the official website of North Korea offers propaganda art for sale, including some of Song Byeok's designs. Artwork promoting the North Korean regime is available on beer steins, clocks and even iPad and iPhone covers. The items are made in places as diverse and as far from North Korea as El Salvador and Pakistan. They are for sale in U.S. dollars and ship from California. This calendar sells for $5.99 and says "We must be determined to fight and win against imperialism." You can also order this motif on an insulated bottle or can holder.
It may look like a nation at war, but in fact it's a North Korean greeting card. The caption says "Happy New Year."
North Korean communism for sale —
It may look like a nation at war, but in fact it's a North Korean greeting card. The caption says "Happy New Year."
Now available to foreigners on a coffee mug, Song Byeok painted this same design on three factory billboards inside North Korea. It says "Self-Reliance: This Is Our Only Belief." The mug is made in China.
North Korean communism for sale —
Now available to foreigners on a coffee mug, Song Byeok painted this same design on three factory billboards inside North Korea. It says "Self-Reliance: This Is Our Only Belief." The mug is made in China.
The bottom line on this lime-green T-shirt reads, "Let's Build a Strong and Prosperous Country With the Power of Our Military."
North Korean communism for sale —
The bottom line on this lime-green T-shirt reads, "Let's Build a Strong and Prosperous Country With the Power of Our Military."
Song painted this design across the large exterior wall of a factory in North Korea. The gun and the dove dominate the scene, as the phrase beneath reads "Peace Through Fighting."
North Korean communism for sale —
Song painted this design across the large exterior wall of a factory in North Korea. The gun and the dove dominate the scene, as the phrase beneath reads "Peace Through Fighting."
This battery-powered wall clock sells for $16.49, and in addition to telling the time, it tells you, "Let's Kick-Start the 'Military First' Policy." This was Kim Jong Il's policy of prioritizing the military's needs over food during the famine of the mid-1990s.
North Korean communism for sale —
This battery-powered wall clock sells for $16.49, and in addition to telling the time, it tells you, "Let's Kick-Start the 'Military First' Policy." This was Kim Jong Il's policy of prioritizing the military's needs over food during the famine of the mid-1990s.
The button on the right is emblazoned "All-or-Nothing War."
North Korean communism for sale —
The button on the right is emblazoned "All-or-Nothing War."
If anyone were to think North Korean propaganda was relentlessly martial, this golf shirt (made in Pakistan) proclaims, "Let's Ignite the Fire for Peace."
North Korean communism for sale —
If anyone were to think North Korean propaganda was relentlessly martial, this golf shirt (made in Pakistan) proclaims, "Let's Ignite the Fire for Peace."
This beer stein declares, "In Life, In Death, Red Is In Our Hearts."
North Korean communism for sale —
This beer stein declares, "In Life, In Death, Red Is In Our Hearts."