Tag: newspaper
Pyongyang’s calculated silence: Why North Korea won’t celebrate RFA’s shutdown
Radio Free Asia (RFA) may have suspended the production and broadcasting of programs into North Korea, but Pyongyang is keeping quiet about it, including...
Ministry of State Security gauges attitudes toward China ties after ambassador’s...
North Korea's Ministry of State Security has been canvassing public opinion about the column that Chinese ambassador Wang Yajun published in the Rodong Sinmun...
N. Korea’s media strategy backfires: How spy ring exposure silenced propaganda
North Korea's official newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, strategically covers South Korean politics to serve four key purposes:
Domestic propaganda: Portrays South Korea as corrupt and chaotic...
Workers scoff at ‘worthless’ propaganda materials as N. Korea demands impossible...
North Korean authorities have begun urging workers to "increase production" and "economize," distributing political propaganda materials to General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea...
Forced relaxation: N. Korean reporters struggle to fund state-granted hot spring...
Local newspaper reporters in North Korea are struggling financially despite receiving government-granted vacation rights to use hot springs. Some journalists are even borrowing money...
Starting young: N. Korean textbook reveals indoctrination of kindergarteners
Daily NK has obtained a 2022 kindergarten textbook published by North Korea's Education Newspaper that reveals how the regime shapes young minds through political...
N. Korean military holds emergency meeting following S. Korea’s martial law...
Top officers in the North Korean military held an emergency meeting shortly after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law at 10:23 pm...
North Korean lectures paint Russia as friend, US as warmonger
North Korean officials conducted public ideological lectures to bolster support for Russia while stoking anti-U.S. sentiment, using external tensions to promote internal unity. The...
North Korea orders officials to study new national anthem legislation
North Korea has enacted new legislation governing its national anthem and quickly organized mandatory training sessions for officials on the law. Authorities distributed lecture...
N. Korea orders nationwide study of Kim Jong Un’s rare statement
North Korea has launched a nationwide campaign to study Kim Jong Un's rare personal statement published in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper on Oct. 11.
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