North Korea

  • Rodong Sinmun

    Rodong Sinmun, literally “Workers’ Newspaper,” serves as the official daily mouthpiece of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Founded in November 1945 and rechristened the following year, it remains…

  • Joson Inmingun

    Joson Inmingun (“Korean People’s Army”) is the official newspaper of the Korean People’s Army (KPA). First published on 10 July 1948, it appears as a weekly, tabloid‑format title in Korean and is headquartered in Pyongyang. Media…

  • Chongnyon Jonwi

    Chongnyon Jonwi (청년전위), once known as Rodong Chongnyon, is the daily newspaper of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League—the youth arm of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party. Alongside Rodong Sinmun and Joson Inmingun, it ranks among…

  • Minju Choson

    Minju Choson (Democratic Korea) is the official mouthpiece of North Korea’s Cabinet and the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly—de facto the country’s second most authoritative newspaper after Rodong Sinmun. Launched in 1945 (initially under…

  • Rodongja Sinmun

    Rodongja Sinmun (로동자신문), which translates literally as “Workers’ Newspaper”, is the official publication of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea—North Korea’s state-controlled trade union body. Firmly anchored…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…