KCTV updates its evening news graphics
North Korea’s main evening news bulletin has a new look.
Korean Central Television has updated the opening sequence of the 8pm evening news program for the first time since September 2012.
The new graphics begin with a map of the world, zooming into the DPRK and then a wall of clips from the station’s news programming including one of the country’s mass parades, a rocket launch, scenes from farming and industry, and several sports.
Here what the versions used until September 2012 and after that time looked like:
And here’s video of the new opening:
And here’s the weather forecast opening, which isn’t new:
Thanks to Curtis Melvin for pointing this out.
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