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Minju Choson newspaper is online
Minju Choson (민주조선), one of the most important newspapers in North Korea, has become the latest state media organ to go on the global Internet.
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How North Korean media covered the Inter-Korean summit
Many amazing sights unfolded at last week’s Inter-Korean Summit in Panmunjon, but one that struck me was the North and South Korean journalists that were running back and forth across the military demarcation line without hinderance. At any other time that kind of thing would be impossible, but journalists from both countries were given unprecedented…
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The Pyongyang Times has a new address
North Korea’s only English-language newspaper, The Pyongyang Times (평양타임즈), has firmed up its online presence with its own URL: pyongyangtimes.com.kp . The newspaper’s articles have been available as a subsection of the Naenara (내나라) website and the new address isn’t a new website but a link directly into that Naenara section. The same site also hosts…
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DPRK again second-to-last in press freedom ranking
The DPRK has again been ranked the second worst country in the world for press freedom. In a report that brings no surprises, Reporters Without Borders placed North Korea 179th in the world — better only than Eritrea. North Korea has consistently been at the bottom of the group’s annual press freedom ranking since it began…
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Rocket launch edition of Rodong Sinmun
Seldom do North Korean’s see such a colorful 3-page spread in the daily Rodong Sinmun newspaper as they woke up to on Monday. The front page carries a picture of Kim Jong Un signing the launch order for the satellite on February 6 — something that wouldn’t be reported by North Korean media until after…
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Rodong Sinmun website gets a facelift
The design of the website of North Korea’s main daily newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, was refreshed on Monday. The new site has fewer pictures on the front page and leads with a list of stories. And being North Korean, features detailing the work of Kim Jong Un receive top billing.The site’s most useful feature, the…
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A new look at newspapers on KCTV
Earlier this month, Korean Central Television rolled out updated opening graphics for its 5pm and 8pm evening newscasts. A closer look at the programming reveals it wasn’t the only part of the newscast that was given a new look. The newspaper review, which is a staple of the early evening 5pm bulletin, also has a…
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“Mass intimidation” from DPRK media on Jang’s execution
North Korean state media’s coverage of the arrest, trial and subsequent execution of Jang Song Thaek was “tantamount to mass intimidation,” Reporters Without Borders said on Thursday. “Although only to be expected from one of the world’s worst dictatorships, such manipulation of news and information is disturbing,” the Paris-based group said in a statement. “The extensive…
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North Korean media announces execution of Jang
High-level purges in North Korea have been typically quiet affairs in the past. Rumors would circulate that someone had been removed from office, state media would be analyzed for mentions of the person’s name and confirmation would usually only come months or years later when they either reemerged or someone else appeared in a position…
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Minju Joson criticizes U.S. spy satellite launch
North Korea’s Minju Joson (민주조선) newspaper on Saturday criticized the recent launch of a new spy satellite by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, according to a report on the state-run Korea Central News Agency. The classified satellite, called NROL-65, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on August 28 into an orbit that…
