Since its founding, North Korea has always had an elaborate bureaucracy for artistic production, organised within the Korean Workers party's agitation and propaganda department. This framework was set up in emulation of the Soviet system under Stalin.
Among the many cultural products designed to promote the regime, one of the most important is literature.
A writer's life is highly competitive. Literary success means becoming a professional revolutionary with lots of perks: a three-month creativity leave every year, permission to travel freely around the country and special housing privileges.
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