The Pyongyang Times
Media of North Korea |
The Pyongyang Times is a weekly
History and availability
The eight-page tabloid was first launched on 6 May 1965 and is distributed in approximately 100 countries.[4][5] For this reason, its staff are trained in English abroad. The newspaper also runs a website in several languages.[4] Fifty-two issues of the paper are published annually.[6] As of January 2012[update] there have been 2,672 issues.[citation needed] The circulation of the English and French editions is 30,000.[1]
In North Korea, The Pyongyang Times is in hotel lobbies, flights into the country, and other places frequented by foreigners.
Naenara, the official North Korean news source, is the home of The Pyongyang Times.[7]
Structure and content
The front cover is usually devoted to
Most of its content, like all North Korean state media, is dedicated to Kim Jong-un and most of its news is translated from articles in the Rodong Sinmun.[9] It has been described as lacking "actual news"[10] and is "basically a rundown of Mr. Kim's daily agenda, with substantial flattery thrown in for good measure."[11]
Claims
The Pyongyang Times has made various claims about
During the
See also
- List of newspapers in North Korea
- Media of North Korea
- Telecommunications in North Korea
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7656-3523-5. Archivedfrom the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "Naenara". Naenara. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
- ^ "KWP Propaganda and Agitation Department" (PDF). North Korea Leadership Watch. November 2009. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ Yonhap.
- ^ 2,000th issue of Pyongyang times Archived 2014-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. Korean Central News Agency. 2 March 1999.
- ^ "Pyongyang Times". MapXL Inc.
- ^ "Korean Studies: Newspapers". George Washington University. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Wee, Teo Cheng (1 May 2006). Passage to Pyongyang: Key information. Asiaone Travel / The Straits Times.
- ^ OCLC 824133830. Archived from the originalon 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ Bloomfield, Steve (25 April 2004). How news broke in Pyongyang - silently Archived 2023-01-07 at the Wayback Machine. The Independent.[dead link]
- ^ Lister, Richard (28 October 2000). Life in Pyongyang Archived 2006-11-07 at the Wayback Machine. BBC News.
- ISBN 978-0-88011-958-0.
- The McClatchy Company.
- ^ Watts, Jonathan (3 September 2007). New paint and MP3 players: Pyongyang's nuclear dividend Archived 2017-09-07 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian.