Choson Sinbo

Choson Sinbo (朝鮮新報) is a weekly newspaper published in both Korean and Japanese by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon)—a pro-North Korea group that acts as Pyongyang’s unofficial embassy in Japan, given the absence of formal diplomatic ties.

Media assets

Publishing: Choson Sinbo

News agency: Korea News Service

State Media Matrix Typology

State-Controlled (SC)

The paper is accompanied by an English-language edition—The People’s Korea—and operates the Korea News Service, a newswire that republishes content from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), but with a considerably broader archive. Because Choson Sinbo’s journalists enjoy greater reporting latitude compared to other foreign media, they have occasionally scooped exclusive coverage—particularly of North Korea’s domestic projects and developments in inter-Korean relations.

July 2025

Citation (cite the article/profile as part of):
Dragomir, M. (2025). State Media Monitor Global Dataset 2025. Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17219015

This article/profile is part of the State Media Monitor Global Dataset 2025, a continuously updated dataset published by the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC).