Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s Address: The Art of Propaganda
Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s address got a makeover in 2019. Gone was the lectern and flowers in front of a large assembly hall, and in came an armchair and…
Television
North Korean Media: KCTV’s Coverage of Kim Jong Un’s Diplomatic Push in 2018
North Korea’s state broadcaster, Korean Central Television (KCTV), has had to tread a fine line covering this year’s international summits and diplomatic events. On the one hand, the numerous summits…
North Korean TV picks up World Cup from Round of 16
North Korean TV viewers are getting delayed coverage of the FIFA World Cup although one team has pointedly been excluded from the coverage. For days after the World Cup began…
How North Korean TV covered the summit – Thursday
As expected, Korea Central Television broadcast a documentary on Thursday about Kim Jong Un’s trip to Singapore and his meeting with Donald Trump. The documentary was about 45 minutes long…
How North Korean TV covered the summit – Wednesday
As expected, North Korean led its Wednesday programming with a series of reports on the Tuesday summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump. The coverage was led by a…
How North Korean TV covered the summit – Tuesday
North Koreans eager to hear news from Singapore of the summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump will have to wait a little longer. On Tuesday at 3pm, moments…
How North Korean TV covered the summit – Monday
The summit was headline news across North Korean state media outlets on Monday morning, or more accurately it was Kim Jong Un’s departure from Pyongyang, his arrival in Singapore and…
How North Korean TV covered the summit – Sunday
On the day that both Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump arrived in Singapore for talks that could change the course of the nation, North Korean state TV and the…
KCTV airing multi-part Chinese drama series
Korean Central Television is currently airing a 36-part drama series from Chinese state television in a departure from recent programming that has been almost exclusively domestic. The CCTV drama called…
