KCTV live stream down, more on SPTV
The live stream of North Korea’s KCTV, reported here last week, is currently down. Seoul-based Unification Broadcasting apparently took it offline after a flood of traffic prompted by a South…
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North Korean TV currently live streaming
North Korea’s main television propaganda mouthpiece is currently available over the Internet. The live stream of Korean Central Television appears to be originate from a South Korean web site —…
KCNA to launch Chinese news service
North Korea’s official news agency and chief propaganda outlet, Korea Central News Agency, will start a Chinese news service this week. The launch of the service on December 1 comes…
Voice of Korea B11 schedule
North Korea’s international shortwave broadcaster, the Voice of Korea, will use the following schedule for English language broadcasts from October 31, 2011, until late March 2012. The programs appear to be…
B11 schedule for Japan’s broadcasts to North Korea
The two Japanese broadcasts that target North Korea, Shiokaze and Furusato no kaze, are updating their broadcast schedules to the winter (B11) period that runs from October 30, 2011 to…
RSF reports on media in North Korea
Reporters Without Borders has published a detailed report on the North Korean media landscape. The report is the result of of a fact-finding trip to Seoul in July by an RSF…
Pyongyang is not happy about foreign radio broadcasts
North Korea’s state-run news agency has hit out against propaganda radio broadcasts targeted at the country. (This post has been updated. See below) In a commentary published on Wednesday, the Korean Central…
AP expands KRT video deal to high-def
The Associated Press has signed a deal with North Korean state television that gives it exclusive rights to high-definition video of major news events in the country. The deal comes…
‘I’ is for the Internet he bans
Kim Jong Il made a surprise appearance on the season premiere edition of Fox TV’s “The Simpsons” on Sunday night. And so did “the Internet he banned.” The episode, which…
