North Korea Tech » KRT News http://www.northkoreatech.org Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:52:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 KCTV updates its evening news graphics http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/08/19/kctv-updates-its-evening-news-graphics/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/08/19/kctv-updates-its-evening-news-graphics/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:18:00 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=6413
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…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/08/19/kctv-updates-its-evening-news-graphics/feed/ 2 North Korea Tech North Korean TV on execution of Jang Song Thaek http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/12/14/north-korean-tv-on-execution-of-jang-song-thaek/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/12/14/north-korean-tv-on-execution-of-jang-song-thaek/#comments Sat, 14 Dec 2013 05:55:50 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=5428
Korean Central Television broadcast a 17-minute report on the special military tribunal of the DPRK Ministry of State Security. The trial concluded by sentencing Jang to death. Here’s the clip:
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/12/14/north-korean-tv-on-execution-of-jang-song-thaek/feed/ 2 North Korea Tech KCNA deleted, then restored old reports on Jang http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/12/11/kcna-deleted-then-restored-old-reports-on-jang/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/12/11/kcna-deleted-then-restored-old-reports-on-jang/#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2013 01:02:10 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=5404
News reports that centered on Jang Song Thaek were deleted from the Korean Central News Agency’s website in the hours before state media announced his removal from power on Monday. The reports vanished from the Korean-language portion of the site at around 5am Korean time on Monday (8pm GMT Sunday), said Frank Feinstein, a New Zealand-based…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/12/11/kcna-deleted-then-restored-old-reports-on-jang/feed/ 5 North Korea Tech North Korean media coverage of Jang’s departure http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/12/10/north-korean-media-coverage-of-jangs-departure/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/12/10/north-korean-media-coverage-of-jangs-departure/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:07:33 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=5397
North Korea’s state media revealed in stunning detail on Monday the alleged infractions of Jang Song Thaek and showed still images of his being led from a Worker’s Party of Korea meeting by soldiers. The reports, which are unprecedented for North Korea, came just less than a week after South Korea’s National Intelligence Service reported…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/12/10/north-korean-media-coverage-of-jangs-departure/feed/ 5 North Korea Tech Pyongyang’s solar street lamps http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/02/11/pyongyangs-solar-lights/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/02/11/pyongyangs-solar-lights/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:27:18 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=4060 New solar-powered street lamps were featured on the main 8pm evening news on North Korean state TV this week. The solar panel and battery combo that powers the lamps was developed by Kim Chaek University of Technology and was introduced by an associate professor at the university named Cho Hyon Ho. From the images, it’s possible…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/02/11/pyongyangs-solar-lights/feed/ 1 AP expands KRT video deal to high-def http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/09/30/ap-expands-krt-video-deal-to-high-def/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/09/30/ap-expands-krt-video-deal-to-high-def/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:42:29 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=2187 The Associated Press has signed a deal with North Korean state television that gives it exclusive rights to high-definition video of major news events in the country. The deal comes as AP and its biggest competitor, Reuters, race to expand their access to North Korea ahead of the 100th anniversary of Kim Il Sung’s birth…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/09/30/ap-expands-krt-video-deal-to-high-def/feed/ 1 A look at Kim Il Sung University’s computer labs http://www.northkoreatech.org/2010/11/26/a-look-at-kim-il-sung-universitys-computer-labs/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2010/11/26/a-look-at-kim-il-sung-universitys-computer-labs/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 04:50:12 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=654
The visit of group of Chinese graduates of Kim Il Sung University to their alma mater has provided a chance to see some of the computer labs in the establishment. Coverage of the visit was carried by both KCNA and state television, which broadcast a 40-second report on November 25th. I’ve posted some stills from…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2010/11/26/a-look-at-kim-il-sung-universitys-computer-labs/feed/ 3 North Korea Tech 2010 National Program Contest http://www.northkoreatech.org/2010/11/01/2010-national-program-contest/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2010/11/01/2010-national-program-contest/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:56:02 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=459 The 21st National Program Contest was opened on Thursday, according to state media. The annual event is a showcase for the latest computer software developed in the DPRK and sees prizes awarded in several categories. This year they included 15 areas of research including “system and security, man-made intelligence and processing of Korean language information,”…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2010/11/01/2010-national-program-contest/feed/ 0 Pyongyang Int’l Trade Fair http://www.northkoreatech.org/2010/10/19/pyongyang-international-trade-fair/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2010/10/19/pyongyang-international-trade-fair/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:36:27 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=335 The 6th Pyongyang International Trade Fair kicked off on Oct. 18 and was covered by KCNA and Korea Central Television. The event is being held at the Three Revolution Exhibition in Pyongyang and has attracted exhibitors from 17 countries. On show are “machine tools, electric and electronic equipment, vehicles, medicines, daily necessities and foodstuffs,” reported…
 
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