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Kim Jong Il’s death – Rodong Sinmun
A day after North Korea was told of the death of Kim Jong Il, his official portrait dominates the front page of the Rodong Sinmun. The newspaper is the most powerful mouthpieces for the ruling Workers’ Party and as such the front page isn’t a surprise. Page 2 carries the official announcement of his…
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Kim Jong Il’s death – How DPRK websites broke the news
A familiar newscaster dressed in black appears on screen and makes a tearful announcement: Kim Jong Il is dead. When North Korean state TV and radio broke the news at noon on Monday they had already given advance notice that a major announcement was coming. Its delivery was an attempt to set a national mood…
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Rodong Sinmun launches website
Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Worker’s Party of Korea and one of the most important propaganda tools of the DPRK government, has launched a website. The site was first reported on Thursday although appears to have been officially launched a day earlier on Feb. 16, which was Kim Jong…
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Joint editorial calls for expansion of CNC
North Korea called for a significant effort to modernize and build up its light industry sector this year in a joint editorial published in newspapers on Saturday. “Light industry is the major front in the general offensive of this year,” said an English-language translation of the editorial carried by KCNA. “To accelerate the development of…
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Rodong Sinmun on IT psychological warfare
Rodong Sinmun, the DPRK’s national daily newspaper of the Workers’ Party of Korea, attacked the U.S. on Tuesday for “waging a vicious psychological warfare on the basis of modern science and technology.” The article, an English synopsis of which was reported by KCNA, said the U.S. is using it to attack “anti-imperialist independent countries.” It’s…
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Development of Science and Technology Called for
Pyongyang, March 24 (KCNA) — It is an urgent and essential task facing the Korean people in their drive to build an economic power to develop the latest science and technology at present, says Rodong Sinmun Wednesday in a signed article. Full story: KCNA
