Propaganda and Agitation Department
The Third Brother Who Put Out the Fire
In February 2009, Pyongyang KCTV broadcast a children’s show The Good Heart of the Third Child. In the 2 February (2010) bulletin from the Korean Central News Agency announced that the 26 April Children’s Film […]
NK Monthly Mags
(n.b., the URL’s contained throughout this post link to DPRK-based websites which may not be legal to access from some countries) The January 2010 DPRK overseas publications have been released. Of interest are the New […]
Morningstar General's Birthday Toasted to Perfection
Was Kim Jong-un’s birthday an invisible event? There were not parades or fireworks in Pyongyang this past Friday, and a list of editorials or Party statements has not yet appeared in the North Korean press. […]
You Say It's Your Birthday
UPDATE Sam Kim has a great report in Yonhap about a Friday Rodong Sinmun editorial that callson North Korean citizens to “toast, toast to the endlessly bright future of Chosun (North Korea) that will resemble […]
Something's happening, but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Ri
The KWP Propaganda and Agitation Department and Foreign Language Publishing House is celebrating the 60th Anniversary of “The Foreign Language Magazine.” Curtis Melvin has some good thoughts on this momentous occasion, having completed an excellent […]
Pyongyang Rose
One of the DPRK’s most famous faces was recently the subject of a Reuters story, a review of a Chosun Monthly piece on Ri Chun-hui. Ms. Ri is the sixty-six (66) year-old chief anchor of […]
Uncharacteristically Taciturn
With his arrival today in Seoul, US President Barack Obama’s “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” tour of East Asia is quickly drawing to a close. The DPRK is expected to dominate any discussions President Obama […]
