Many more satellite launches coming, says DPRK
North Korea’s failed satellite launch may have faded from the pages of the world’s media, but the country’s state-run news agency hasn’t forgotten the international community’s objections to the plan….
Articles by Martyn Williams
DPRK jamming GPS signals, says Seoul
Interference is causing problems with Global Positioning System (GPS) signals around Seoul and the South Korean government says North Korea is to blame. GPS signals became unreliable on April 30…
Voice of Korea mid-2012 schedule
North Korea’s international shortwave broadcaster, the Voice of Korea, will use the following schedule for English language broadcasts from April 30, 2012. The radio station broadcasts two programs a day,…
More anti-Lee vitriol, and a song
The North Korean media spent a second day on Tuesday heaping harsh criticism on South Korean president Lee Myung Bak and issuing threats against him and others. On Monday, the…
DPRK radio transmitters a national secret
When North Korea launched a modernization of its broadcasting network in 2011, the Chinese company chosen to supply new TV and radio transmitters to the country faced a problem. The location…
DPRK issues new threat against Lee, SK media
North Korea came out swinging on Monday against the South Korean government, promising to “burn down” Lee Myung Bak and the country’s conservative media “within three to four minutes, or…
DPRK promises more satellite launches
North Korea says it will continue to conduct satellite launches despite the protests of other countries. The pledge was made in a statement by the country’s foreign ministry, which was…
English transcript of Kim Jong Un’s speech
Here’s an English translation of the speech delivered by Kim Jong Un on April 15th, 2012, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang: [Update: I should have originally mentioned, this is…
TV presenters have new double-Kim pin
Sometimes it’s the little things that mark larger changes in North Korean society. [This post has been updated, see below] As the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth…
