Korea Today

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Korea Today
OCLC
8797015

Korea Today, first published as New Korea,[5] is a North Korean propaganda[6] magazine published monthly by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Pyongyang.[1]

The magazine focuses on cultural and industrial progress made in the country.[7] It also publishes North Korea short stories.[8] Copies of the magazine are handed out to tourists on flights into the country.[9]

The magazine was initially published in Russian only.[5] Today, it is published in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.[4]

History

The magazine was first published as New Korea (Russian: Новая Корея) in January 1950[5] by the New Korea Publishing House,[10] the predecessor of the Foreign Languages Publishing House.[11] Since 1959, it has been published as Korea Today.[2]

In December 1955,

personality cult of Kim Il-sung.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8
    . Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. ^
    OCLC 8797015
    .
  3. ^ a b "Periodicals of DPRK". KCNA. 27 March 1997. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8352-3907-3
    . Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. ^ a b c Curtis Melvin, ed. (3 December 2009). "Friday Grab Bag: NOKO Jeans go on sale; Korea Today turns 60". North Korean Economy Watch. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. ISBN 978-1-4422-3719-3
    . Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. OCLC 228608
    . Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  8. ^ David-West, Alzo (November 2013). "An Inquiry of Intentions in Kim Hye-yŏng's 'First Meeting': A North Korean Short Story in Korea Today (2007)" (PDF). Transnational Literature. 6 (1): 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  9. ^ Franklin-Wallis, Oliver (26 June 2014). "Threatening war over a Seth Rogen movie? Business as usual for North Korea". Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  10. ^ Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1989. p. 40. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  11. ISBN 978-0-7656-3523-5
    . Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  12. ISBN 978-1-85065-563-3
    . Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  13. ISBN 978-0-8248-3207-0
    . Retrieved 20 June 2015.

External links
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