Tag: Mansudae Television

  • Mansudae TV now broadcasts in HD

    Mansudae TV now broadcasts in HD

    North Korea’s Mansudae TV (만수대텔레비죤), a weekend-only channel that broadcasts cultural programming, switched to high-definition earlier this year, according to monitoring. It was the last of the country’s four over-the-air channels to adopt HD. Mansudae TV is the second oldest of the country’s currently broadcasting channels, having signed on in Pyongyang on December 4, 1983.…

  • How North Korean TV Comes Together for News About Kim Jong Un

    How North Korean TV Comes Together for News About Kim Jong Un

    In North Korea, there is nothing more important than news about Kim Jong Un or the Kim family. Something about him or the family leads the evening news every single day. If it’s not a report on him going somewhere or attending a meeting, it’s a report on how people somewhere are remembering a previous…

  • North Korea Expands Satellite Distribution of Domestic TV Channels

    North Korea Expands Satellite Distribution of Domestic TV Channels

    North Korea is now distributing all four state TV channels via satellite for the first time, using Russia’s Express-103 system to expand broadcast coverage nationwide.

  • North Korea’s other TV: What you don’t see on KCTV

    North Korea’s other TV: What you don’t see on KCTV

    North Korea’s other TV: What you don’t see on KCTV — the country runs three additional channels covering sport, culture, and education.