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
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