Rodong Sinmun

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Rodong Sinmun
Media of North Korea
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    Rodong Sinmun (IPA:

    North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea. It was renamed in September 1946 to its current name upon the steady development of the Workers' Party of Korea. Quoted frequently by the Korean Central News Agency
    (KCNA) and international media, it is regarded as a source of official North Korean viewpoints on many issues.

    The English-language version of Rodong Sinmun was launched in January 2012.[2] Although its English name was released as Rodong Sinmun, a more accurate pronunciation is Rodong Shinmoon.

    The editor-in-chief is Kim Pyong-ho.[3] The lists of articles of the Rodong Sinmun since 1946 is available online on the websites of the Information Center on North Korea (unibook.unikorea.go.kr) and the North Korea information portal (nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr).[4]

    Contents

    Rodong Sinmun is published every day of the year and usually contains six pages.[5] The newspaper has approximately 100 reporters.[citation needed]

    Following the purge and execution of Jang Song-thaek, Rodong Sinmun deleted some 20,000 articles from its web archives,[6] while others were edited to omit his name.[7]

    Rodong Sinmun content can be accessed over the Mirae WiFi network in North Korea.[8]

    New Year editorials

    Since 1996, Rodong Sinmun, the Korean Central News Agency, Minju Choson, and Joson Inmingun has published a joint New Year editorial that outlines the country's policies for the year.[9][10] The editorials usually offer praise for the Songun policy, the government and leadership, and encourage the growth of the nation. They are also critical of the policies of South Korea, Japan, the United States and Western governments towards North Korea.[11][12] On 1 January 2006, the agency sent out a joint-editorial from North Korea's state newspapers calling for the withdrawal of

    Korean Peninsula, in what analysts claimed was a "hopeful" sign.[14][15] This was echoed again in its 2010 editorial, which called for an end to hostilities with the United States and a nuclear free Korean Peninsula.[16]

    The 2011 joint editorial edition,[10] aside from its calls for a denuclearized Korea and for a slowdown of tensions between the two Koreas, has for the first time, mentioned the rising light industries of North Korea, given as a reason for an upcoming upsurge in the national economy in the new year and for the achievement of the Kangsong Taeguk national mission. The practice of a joint New Year editorial ended in 2013 when Kim Jong-un delivered the first New Year speech on television in 19 years.[17]

    In June 2018, Rodong Sinmun devoted a four-page feature to the

    North Korea–United States summit, welcoming its results. The article carried the text of the declaration in full. In addition, it mentioned security guarantees and Donald Trump's pledge to cease the joint military exercises with South Korea, and failed to mention the promise Kim had allegedly made to Trump about closing down a test site for missile engines.[18]

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Sung-hui Moon; Yunju Kim; Roseanne Gerin (2015-04-27). "North Korea Ramps Up Circulation of National Daily". Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on 2023-09-16. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
    2. ^ Kim, Young-jin (2012-01-11). "NK's main paper launches English website". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
    3. ^ "2nd Plenary Session of the 7th WPK Central Committee Held". North Korea Leadership Watch. 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
    4. ^ "Article lists of Rodong Sinmun available online: ministry". Yonhap News Agency. May 14, 2021. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
    5. ^ Holloway, Andrew (2003). A Year in Pyongyang Archived 2009-04-05 at the Wayback Machine. Aidan Foster-Carter. Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea, Leeds University.
    6. ^ Florcruz, Michelle (16 December 2013). "Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Deletes Online Archive Of News After Execution Of Jang Song Thaek". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
    7. ^ Weiser, Martin (31 October 2016). "On Reading North Korean Media: The Curse of the Web". Sino-NK. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
    8. ^ Ji, Dagyum (November 14, 2018). Hotham, Oliver (ed.). "Smartphone-capable WiFi on show at Pyongyang IT exhibition, state TV reveals". NK News. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. North Korean ruling party organ the Rodong Sinmun can be accessed through the network, the report added, as can online-shopping outlet Manmulsang, video-on-demand service Manbang, Mokran video, the Sci-Tech Complex website, and Yeolpung.
    9. ^ a b "Joint New Year Editorial Issued". Korean Central News Agency. January 1, 2006. Archived from the original on May 24, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
    10. ^ a b Paul Tighe and Jungmin Hong (January 1, 2011). "North Korea, in New Year Message, Says Regional Tensions Should Be Defused". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 2013-12-29. Retrieved 2013-12-16. 'The danger of war should be removed and peace safeguarded in the Korean Peninsula,' the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported, citing a New Year editorial carried by newspapers including Rodong Sinmun and Joson Inmingun.
    11. ^ North Korea issues New Year denuclearization pledge Archived 2009-04-13 at the Wayback Machine. Reuters. December 31, 2008.
    12. ^ N. Korea Vows to Rebuild Economy in New Year Message Archived 2009-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, The Korea Times, January 1, 2009.
    13. ^ "North Korea Demands U.S. Troop Withdrawal" Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine. Fox News. December 31, 2005.
    14. ^ 2009 Joint New Year Editorial Issued Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, KCNA, January 1, 2009.
    15. ^ North Korea message is mild on US Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. BBC News. January 1, 2009.
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    17. ^ Tertitskiy, Fyodor (29 December 2017). "How to interpret Kim Jong Un's New Year's address". NK News. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
    18. ^ Zwirko, Colin (June 12, 2018). "North Korea welcomes Trump's promise to end military exercises: KCNA". NK News. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2018.

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