North Korean TV YouTube channel terminated
YouTube has shut down one of the most popular Internet sources for clips from North Korean TV. The KoreanCentralTV1 channel was shuttered on Monday and visitors are now greeted with a…
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BBC’s North Korean service coming in 2017
The BBC World Service has confirmed plans to launch a Korean-language radio service in 2017. The new service comes after years of pressure and a increased money from the U.K. government…
Voice of Korea schedule through spring 2017
Voice of Korea (조선의소리), North Korea’s international shortwave broadcasting station, adjusted its transmission schedule on October 31 for the winter 2016 and spring 2017 seasons. The broadcasts follow the same basic…
Mystery North Korean radio broadcast highlights coded communications
A little after midnight, early on the morning of July 15, as most of the Korean peninsula slept, were North Korean spies up late listening to the radio? This was…
Korean Central TV output during the party congress (Updated)
Here’s an in depth look at the daily programming on Korean Central Television during the 7th Workers’ Party Congress.
North Korea expels ‘disrespectful’ BBC reporter Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
A BBC correspondent has been detained and expelled from North Korea for showing disrespect, “distorting facts and realities” and “speaking ill” of Kim Jong-un.
Frustrated reporters see factory, not party congress
For the more than 100 foreign journalists in Pyongyang right now, Friday was apparently a frustrating day. They saw a factory, not the party congress.
DPRK again second-to-last in press freedom ranking
The DPRK has again been ranked the second worst country in the world for press freedom. In a report that brings no surprises, Reporters Without Borders placed North Korea 179th in…
BBC says no date yet on North Korean service launch
The BBC says it hasn’t yet decided when its planned North Korean radio service will begin broadcasting, despite a report last week that said it would be on the air…
