UK citizen Nicholas Bonner first visited North Korea (DPRK) in 1993 and set up Koryo Tours & Studio, specialising in tourism and cultural projects in North Korea. Bonner had production roles for the BBC documentary films The Game of Their Lives, A State of Mind and Crossing the Line. He co-directed the feature film Comrade Kim Goes Flying, North Korea’s first girl-power feature film and the first ever North Korean film to be screened to the public in South Korea. In 2018 Bonner associate produced the travel documentary Michael Palin in North Korea. Amongst various art projects Bonner co-curated the DPRK inclusion for the APT 2010 (Brisbane Modern Art Gallery), co-curated the North Korea content for Korea pavilion at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, (Golden Lion winner). His books ‘Made in North Korea’ on graphics and ‘Printed in North Korea’ on the art of the linocut were published by Phaidon. Bonner works with a number of emerging artists in North Korea by providing them with a space and platform to experiment outside of their everyday restrictions - these works are available on www.koryostudio.com. His ongoing projects are setting up the countries first children’s international film festival and setting up a museum for the company’s significant North Korean socialist realism art collection.