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WRN ends Voice of Korea relays
London-based World Radio Network appears to have ended its relays of the Voice of Korea, North Korea’s international shortwave radio service. The broadcasts appeared in May and were being recorded by WRN from Voice of Korea’s daily English-language shortwave broadcasts. Voice of Korea puts out a daily hour-long program in English each day and it’s relayed…
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Ham radio operators hope to put North Korea on the air
A group of amateur radio operators are hoping to get permission from the North Korean government for a month-long trip to the country during which they’ll set up a ham radio operation. If they manage to pull off the plan, they’ll have succeeded where few have before. North Korea has no amateur radio operators and…
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Voice of Korea’s shortwave broadcasts now on-demand
The daily English-language broadcast from North Korea’s international radio station, Voice of Korea, is now available on the Internet. The programme is being carried by World Radio Network, a London-based organization that rebroadcasts material from international radio stations on its own satellite channels and via FM relays in several countries. Most of the WRN programming…
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US wants VOA, RFA transmitter in South Korea
The organization that runs America’s international broadcasting services wants to build a transmitter in South Korea to give Voice of America and Radio Free Asia a better signal into the DPRK. The Broadcasting Board of Governors disclosed the plan in its annual budget request, which was published on Wednesday. The plan, if realized, could mean…
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Summer radio broadcasts to DPRK
The various public and private radio stations that aim broadcasts at North Korea have just refreshed their broadcast schedules for the summer season. In addition to the publicly-funded outlets, there are several private stations. Their editorial balance at the stations differ although none are pro-regime stations. Some are jammed by North Korea making reception difficult —…
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Voice of Korea on KPA nuclear statement
The Korean People’s Army statement issued through KCNA on Thursday threatening nuclear weapons use in retaliation for any U.S. attack was repeated on the Voice of Korea shortwave radio program of the DPRK the same day, but it didn’t rank anywhere near the top news of the day. Leading off the English-language newscast was details…
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Voice of Korea mid 2013 full schedule
Voice of Korea switched to its mid-2013 broadcasting schedule as of March 31. A couple of days ago I published the frequencies for English-language programs based on my own monitoring, and now we have the full plan for all languages. The broadcasts follow the same basic line-up each day. :00 Opening signal, station identification: “This…
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New Voice of Korea English schedule
North Korea’s external shortwave radio broadcaster, Voice of Korea, joins many of the world’s international broadcasters in switching to a summer frequency schedule on Sunday. Shortwave broadcasts change frequencies numerous times during the day to take advantage of atmospheric conditions that help their broadcasts can reach the intended targets. For this reason, it’s important to…
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Voice of Korea dumps own player, adopts Flash
The website of Voice of Korea, the DPRK’s international shortwave radio service, has dumped its proprietary software player. The site previously required use of the player by users to hear its audio clips posted online (see, right), but that’s not now the case. Users can now listen with Flash, and that opens the audio up…
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Latest VOK broadcast on nuclear test
A day after North Korea conducted its third nuclear test, the test was again in the news on Voice of Korea, North Korea’s international shortwave radio station, but it was far from the top story. The lead item was a booklet published in Mongolia. “Respected Kim Jong Un’s famous work, the great Kim Il Sung…
