Voice of Korea on Kim’s funeral
Dec 30th
From my own monitoring, here are a couple of reports from Voice of Korea, North Korea’s shortwave radio service, on the event surrounding the funeral of Kim Jong Il.
December 29 broadcast (covering the events of the previous day)
Voice of Korea reports on the funeral procession of Kim Jong Il.
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December 28 broadcast
Voice of Korea reports that Kim Jong Un visited the bier of Kim Jong Il
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KCNA again caught altering photo
Dec 30th
The official Korea Central News Agency apparently altered at least one of the photos it sent from funeral procession of Kim Jong Il this week. The New York Times’ Lens Blog reported on the image, which was redistributed by several western photo agencies and then killed due to questions over its authenticity.
The photo was taken from the south east side of Kim Il Sung Square, perhaps the cabinet secretariat building or the observation deck on the eastern side of the square, and shows the procession of Kim Jong Il’s coffin through the city.
The alteration involves removing a group of people More >
Pyongyang mourning at Hana Electronics
Dec 29th
Hana Electronics and the Hana Music Information Center, one of the last places reported to have been visited by Kim Jong Il before his death, was one of the locations used on Thursday to mourn his passing.
State TV pictures showed a crowd that appeared to be at least in the thousands standing outside Kim Il Sung Square in the heart of Pyongyang.
TV pictures showed amazing scenes of tens of thousands of people lined up in the square.
It was during that service that Kim Yong Nam said of Kim Jong Un:
Standing at the helm of the Korean revolution is Kim Jong Un, the successor More >
What North Korea’s media is calling Kim Jong Un
Dec 29th
The ascent of Kim Jong Un to the top spot in North Korea appeared on track Thursday as the country wrapped up two days of funeral events for Kim Jong Il.
State media has bestowed an ever increasing number of titles on Kim since his father’s death was announced on December 19.
It started the same day when the state-run KCNA news agency called him “great successor to the revolutionary cause of Juche and prominent leader of the [Workers'] party and the army and people of the DPRK.”
Over the following days the same phrase was repeated alongside the more formal “vice-chairman of More >
State websites raise name of Kim Jong Un
Dec 25th
North Korea’s state-run websites began on Saturday printing Kim Jong Un’s name in a style previously reserved for Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
The Korea Central News Agency, Voice of Korea and Rodong Sinmun started using a heavier or larger font when spelling out his name.
Here’s how it looked on the KCNA website on Saturday. If you look closely you’ll see Kim Jong Un’s name appears slightly larger.
Not only had KCNA started using the additional coding, it had gone back through its database of stories and adjusted each instance of Kim Jong Un’s name.
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What’s on North Korean TV and radio?
Dec 22nd
North Korea’s state television is playing a leading role in attempting to set a national mood of solemnity as the country moves through its mourning period. The media, especially TV, has always played an important part in the government’s propaganda efforts so what’s on North Korean screens these days?
In three words: Kim Jong Il.
It’s no surprise that news of his death and of the mourning that has followed has filled extra news bulletins.
Around the news softer TV shows, such as those for children and wildlife or science documentaries, have been canceled in favor of documentaries about Kim, his life, his father and More >
How the world reported Kim’s death, and how North Korea reported that
Dec 21st
Uncertainty surrounding the future of North Korea and a succession of amazing images of mourning from Pyongyang continue to keep the death of Kim Jong Il at the top of the news in many countries.
In Seoul and Tokyo (see picture, right) newspapers rushed out extra editions hours after the death was announced. Japanese newspapers publish such extra editions for a handful of major news stories each each year.
Although coming at a bad time for U.S. papers — many Monday editions had been finalized when the news came through at 11pm ET — Kim was featured on the front page of More >
Kim Jong Il’s death – Rodong Sinmun
Dec 20th
A day after North Korea was told of the death of Kim Jong Il, his official portrait dominates the front page of the Rodong Sinmun. The newspaper is the most powerful mouthpieces for the ruling Workers’ Party and as such the front page isn’t a surprise.
Page 2 carries the official announcement of his death that was published by on Monday by the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the National Defence Commission, the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly and the Cabinet of the DPRK.
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Voice of Korea announces death of Kim Jong Il
Dec 19th
The Voice of Korea, North Korea’s international radio service, made its first broadcast in English after the announcement of the death of Kim Jong Il.
The broadcast was dominated by a news bulletin that attempted to carry some of the emotion being seen and heard on domestic media, but the announcer didn’t reach tears.
The 55-minute long broadcast was recorded on 6285kHz shortwave at 1000 GMT.
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00:00 Open
00:40 National anthem
02:20 Welcome to More >
Kim Jong Il’s death – headlines from across the web
Dec 19th
The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il immediately became major news worldwide. Here’s how some major websites initially covered the story. Click on each image to see a larger version of the page. #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-3 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-3 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; }
