List of North Korean television series

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
1980/1992	A New Spring in Sokgaeul (석개울의 새봄)			Drama	Based on a novel by Chon Se Bong. Drama about change of agricultural villages into collective farms.
1995	Paekkumsan			Drama
2000	Aspiration (열망)			Drama
2015	Bulletproof Wall	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.
2012	Chastisement (징벌)			Historical drama	Takes place at the time of March 1st Movement
2003	Coal Miner (탄부)			Drama	Based on novel of Kim Mun Chang.
2003	Hot plains (뜨거운 평야)			Drama
2012	Devote Yourself (자기를 바치라)			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.
2000	A Lark (종달새)			Drama
2010s	Kye Wol Hyang			Historical drama	Takes place during Imjin war in the 16th century
	Common Sense			Propaganda	Included the five-episode series Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle in 2004
2000 VHS published in 2004-2005	Our Warm House (or Our Warm Home) (따뜻한 우리집)			Medical drama	Takes place at Pyongyang Maternity Hospital About daily life in North Korea, in two parts
2000	Red Soil (붉은 흙)			Drama	Based on life of Ri Ryong-jin
2000	The First Chief of Oil Department (첫 연유국장)			Drama	Based on actual events
2002	Grab the satba (샅바를 잡아라)			Drama
2002	Don't Wake Up Mom (엄마를 깨우지 말아)			Soap opera	In three parts, about a working couple
2002	Love and hate (사랑과 증오)			Drama based on a "true story"
2006	The Class Continues (수업은 계속된다)			Drama	About daily life in North Korea, in eight parts
2009	The Spring of Love (사랑의 샘)			Drama	About daily life in North Korea, in three parts
2010	The name of that girl (그 처녀의 이름)			Drama
2011	Our Women's Soccer Team (우리녀자축구팀)			Drama	About daily life in North Korea, in three partscurrently 5 parts.
2013	Waiting for father (기다리는 아버지)			Drama
2015	Pyochang			Drama
2016	Value it preciously (귀중히 여기라)			Drama
2017	Glow of the North (북방의 노을)			Drama
2018	Insam diggers in the year of Imjin (임진년의 심마니들)			Drama
2022	The Last Unicorn (마지막 한알)			Drama	Based on true story of north korean table tennis player Pak Yung-sun.
2023	A Note of an Official of the Prosecutor’s Office (한 검찰일군의 수기)			Drama
Unknown	Child Broadcast Time (아동방송시간)			Children's Program	Compilation of North Korean cartoons.

References※

^ "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.
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^ JH Ahn (6 July 2015). "North Korea's "Bulletproof Wall" TV series oddly satisfying". Retrieved 10 September 2015.
^ Ri 2012, p. 179.
^ Ri 2012, p. 171.
^ "(텔레비죤연속소설) 탄부. 제6부[비디오자료]".
^ "뜨거운 평야".
^ Ri 2012, p. 178.
^ 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.
^ Ri 2012, p. 174.
^ Ri 2012, p. 177.
^ BBC Monitoring (8 January 2005). "N Korea wages war on long hair". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ McCurry, Justin (12 January 2005). "Get a socialist haircut, North Korea tells men". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
^ Ri 2012, p. 170.
^ Understanding North Korea: Totalitarian dictatorship, Highly centralized economies, Grand Socialist Family. Seoul: Institute for Unification Education, Ministry of Unification. 2015. p. 333. GGKEY:Q35FXTAE44S.
^ Ri 2012, p. 175.
^ Ri 2012, p. 176.
^ "샅바를 잡아라".
^ "사랑과 증오".
^ "그 처녀의 이름".
^ "기다리는 아버지".
^ "표창".
^ "귀중히여기라".
^ "북방의 노을".
^ "임진년의 심마니들".
^ "New Faces Emerging in N. Korea's Culture and Art". kbs.
^ "북한서 '70년대 탁구여왕' 박영순 다룬 새 스포츠 연속극 방영". yna. 9 April 2022.
^ "New North Korean drama leans on violence. And foul language to appeal to viewers". nknews. 4 January 2023.
^ "조선중앙TV 연속극에 관한 검찰일꾼 감상 발표 모임 조직". dailynk. 31 January 2023.
^ "KCTV Video Archive". KCNA Watch. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

Works cited※

Ri, Ok Gyong (15 September 2012). Hong Chan Su; Ri Un Gyong (eds.). Korean film: Feature Film, TV Drama, Documentary, Science Film, Children's Film / 조선 영화: 예술, 텔레비죤극, 기록, 과학, 아동 (in English and Korean). Translated by Ro Yong Chol; Jang Hyang Gi; Yang Sung Mi. Pyongyang: Korea Film Export & Import Corporation. OCLC 857899124.

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