The Global List of State Media

  • Pyongyang Sinmun

    Pyongyang Sinmun (평양신문), literally “Pyongyang News,” is a daily newspaper published by the Workers’ Party of Korea’s Pyongyang Municipal Committee. Founded by Kim Il Sung on June 1, 1957, it functions as the municipality’s official…

  • Guangming Daily

    Established on June 16, 1949, Guangming Daily, also known as Enlightenment Daily, debuted as the official mouthpiece of the China Democratic League before coming under the aegis of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1982, later becoming…

  • Chollima

    Chollima (천리마) is a state‑issued monthly magazine produced by the Art and Literature Publishing House, a government‑controlled publisher in Pyongyang. Launched in January 1959 to champion the Chollima mass‑mobilisation campaign, it has long doubled as…

  • Qiushi

    Founded in July 1988, Qiushi (literally Seeking Truth) is the bi‑monthly flagship theoretical journal of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It replaced the Maoist-era Red Flag as the CCP sought to steer toward reform and…

  • Legal Daily

    Legal Daily remains a state-owned publication squarely focused on legal affairs—covering developments such as landmark court rulings, new legislation, and legal reforms. Since 2001, its oversight shifted from the Ministry…

  • Thai PBS

    The Thai Public Broadcasting Service is Thailand’s national public broadcaster, established on 15 January 2008 by the Thai Public Broadcasting Service Act B.E. 2551 as the country’s first non-profit public…

  • Nhan Dan

    Nhan Dan—literally translated as “The People”—is the flagship publication of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). Established in 1951 amidst the anti-French Resistance War, Nhan Dan has long served as the ideological…

  • 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…