'%3E%3Cpath%20stroke='%23000'%20stroke-width='4'%20d='m-35-37-13%2020m5%203%2013-20m5%203-13%2020m63%2042%206-9m1-2%206-9m5%203-6%209m-1%202-6%209m5%203%206-9m1-2%206-9m-96%200%2013%2020m5-3-6-9m-1-2-6-9m5-3%2013%2020m63-42-6-9m-1-2-6-9m5-3%2013%2020m5-3-6-9m-1-2-6-9'/%3E%3Ccircle%20r='24'%20fill='%23cd2e3a'/%3E%3Cpath%20fill='%230047a0'%20d='M0%200a12%2012%200%201%201%2020%2013%2024%2024%200%201%201-40-26A12%2012%200%201%200%200%200'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=small}
-
·
North Korean TV picks up World Cup from Round of 16
North Korean TV viewers are getting delayed coverage of the FIFA World Cup although one team has pointedly been excluded from the coverage. For days after the World Cup began on June 14, North Korean TV was silent about the contest but that changed on July 1 when it televised Argentina vs France. The game…
-
·
How North Korean TV covered the summit – Wednesday
As expected, North Korean led its Wednesday programming with a series of reports on the Tuesday summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump. The coverage was led by a report anchored by Ri Chun Hee and was broadcast at 15:09; 17:00; 20:00 and 22:07. But, the broadcaster didn’t use any still images to illustrate the…
-
·
How North Korean TV covered the summit – Tuesday
North Koreans eager to hear news from Singapore of the summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump will have to wait a little longer. On Tuesday at 3pm, moments after the two leaders had signed their agreement, Korean Central Television came on air as scheduled. After the obligatory national anthem and Songs of both…
-
·
How North Korean TV covered the summit – Monday
The summit was headline news across North Korean state media outlets on Monday morning, or more accurately it was Kim Jong Un’s departure from Pyongyang, his arrival in Singapore and his meeting with the Singaporean PM that was the focus of the stories. Despite little coverage until now, the stories all noted that Kim would…
-
·
How North Korean TV covered the summit – Sunday
On the day that both Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump arrived in Singapore for talks that could change the course of the nation, North Korean state TV and the state-run news service were silent about any of the events taking place in South East Asia. State media rarely reports on the activities of Kim…
-
·
KCTV airing multi-part Chinese drama series
Korean Central Television is currently airing a 36-part drama series from Chinese state television in a departure from recent programming that has been almost exclusively domestic. The CCTV drama called “Mao Anying” (“모안영” “毛岸英”) covers the life of Mao Anying, the eldest son of Mao Zedong, and began airing in primetime on May 10. That was…
-
·
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…
-
·
Multi-channel TV reportedly expanding in North Korea
The Daily NK has a story today about what might be the expansion of cable TV in North Korea. The story says North Korean authorities have begun charging for access to Mansudae Television (만수대텔레비죤) outside of Pyongyang. Mansudae TV launched in December 1973 as North Korea’s third TV station and is on the air on…
-
·
Olympics notes: No coverage yet on KCTV
With the second full day of competition ended at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, North Korea’s KCTV has yet to feature any coverage. On Sunday, the broadcaster included several still images from Olympics competition in its news bulletin, but they were in the context of the attendance of Kim Yong Nam and Kim Jo Yong’s…
-
·
How to watch North Korean TV live
A common question I get is whether it’s possible to watch North Korean TV live. There are several sources available with different levels of reliability and quality. Broadcasts begin at 3pm Pyongyang time on most days and run until around 11pm. On Sundays and public holidays, programming usually begins at 8am. News is broadcast at…