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Could cross-border propaganda radio fall silent with summit agreement?
Among the agreements reached by North and South Korea on Friday is one that could have a quick effect on propaganda radio broadcasts on the Korean peninsula. The two countries agreed: South and North Korea agreed to completely cease all hostile acts against each other in every domain, including land, air and sea, that are…
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NGOs suggest mutual broadcasting of North, South TV
Prominent non-governmental organizations have sent South Korean President Moon Jae-in a joint letter ahead of his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un containing proposals for issues that should be addressed. Most cover human rights, humanitarian aid and inter-Korean relations but one in particular caught my eye: Agree on mutual free and uncensored…
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Voice of Korea winter 2017/2018 schedule
Voice of Korea (조선의소리), North Korea’s international shortwave broadcasting station, adjusted its transmission schedule on October 29 for the winter 2017 and spring 2018 seasons. The broadcasts follow the same basic line-up each day. :00 Opening signal, station identification: “This is Voice of Korea” :01 National Anthem :03 Song of General Kim Il Sung :06 Song…
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DPRK propaganda station drops AM broadcasts
Echo of Unification (통일의메아리방송), a North Korean radio station that broadcasts propaganda towards South Korea, dropped all mediumwave (AM band) broadcasting on December 21. The move seemingly confirms the futility of the broadcasts, which consumed large amounts of electricity but were blocked by powerful South Korean government jamming transmitters, but the station isn’t giving up. In…
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BBC’s North Korean service coming in 2017
The BBC World Service has confirmed plans to launch a Korean-language radio service in 2017. The new service comes after years of pressure and a increased money from the U.K. government to the broadcaster. Korean is one of 11 new language services that will be launched next year, the BBC said on Wednesday. Radio news bulletins will…
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Voice of Korea schedule through spring 2017
Voice of Korea (조선의소리), North Korea’s international shortwave broadcasting station, adjusted its transmission schedule on October 31 for the winter 2016 and spring 2017 seasons. The broadcasts follow the same basic line-up each day. :00 Opening signal, station identification: “This is Voice of Korea” :01 National Anthem :03 Song of General Kim Il Sung :06 Song…
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Mystery North Korean radio broadcast highlights coded communications
A little after midnight, early on the morning of July 15, as most of the Korean peninsula slept, were North Korean spies up late listening to the radio? This was the big question after a strange sequence of numbers was read out on a North Korean radio station. It sounded a lot like the coded…
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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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BBC says no date yet on North Korean service launch
The BBC says it hasn’t yet decided when its planned North Korean radio service will begin broadcasting, despite a report last week that said it would be on the air later this year. South Korea’s KBS reported the service is targeting a launch in the fall of 2016. The report quoted “a BBC insider” as…
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Bill would expand U.S. support for foreign media aimed at DPRK
A bill that would strengthen and modernize U.S. support of international media aimed at North Korea was introduced into the U.S. Congress on Wednesday. House Resolution 4051 (H.R.4051) is being proposed as an amendment to the North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004 and expands that bill’s support of shortwave radio broadcasts to include newer means of information dissemination…
