North Korean media

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North Korean media is the tightly controlled state-run press and broadcasting system of North Korea, used primarily as a propaganda tool to promote the ruling party’s ideology and leadership.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mass media ⓘ
state media system ⓘ
accessControl punishment for consuming foreign media ⓘ
radio receivers fixed to state frequencies ⓘ
advertising minimal commercial advertising ⓘ
allowsIndependentMedia false ⓘ
audience domestic population of North Korea ⓘ
broadcastsTo international audience via shortwave radio ⓘ
censorshipLevel very high ⓘ
characteristic anti-American rhetoric ⓘ
anti-South Korean rhetoric ⓘ
lack of press freedom ⓘ
military glorification ⓘ
personality cult of the Kim family ⓘ
controlledBy Government of North Korea ⓘ
Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
country North Korea ⓘ
coverage extensive reporting on leadership activities ⓘ
limited coverage of foreign events ⓘ
no critical reporting on domestic politics ⓘ
distributionControl state distribution networks ⓘ
foreignMediaAccess severely restricted ⓘ
funding state budget ⓘ
hasComponent Arirang-Meari website ⓘ
Choson Sinbo ⓘ
DPRK Today website ⓘ
Joson Inmingun ⓘ
KCTV sports channel ⓘ
Korean Central Broadcasting Committee ⓘ
Korean Central News Agency ⓘ
Korean Central Television ⓘ
Kumsusan TV ⓘ
linked to: Mansudae TV

Mansudae TV ⓘ
Meari website ⓘ
Minju Choson ⓘ
Naenara website ⓘ
Pyongyang Broadcasting Station ⓘ
Rodong Sinmun ⓘ
Ryomyong TV ⓘ
Sogwang website ⓘ
Uriminzokkiri website ⓘ
Voice of Korea ⓘ
historicalDevelopment centralized under Kim Il Sung ⓘ
expanded after Korean War ⓘ
ideology Juche ⓘ
Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism ⓘ
Songun ⓘ
legalFramework Constitution of North Korea ⓘ
medium internet ⓘ
magazines ⓘ
newspapers ⓘ
radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
monitoredBy Ministry of Social Security of North Korea ⓘ
Ministry of State Security of North Korea ⓘ
ownership state-owned ⓘ
pressFreedomRanking among the lowest in the world ⓘ
primaryFunction personality cult promotion ⓘ
political indoctrination ⓘ
state propaganda ⓘ
primaryLanguage Korean ⓘ
promotes Kim Il Sung ⓘ
Kim Jong Il ⓘ
Kim Jong Un ⓘ
regulates cultural content ⓘ
entertainment programming ⓘ
news reporting ⓘ
usesTechnology analog television broadcasting ⓘ
digital broadcasting in Pyongyang ⓘ
intranet (Kwangmyong) ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Hangul ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pyongyang → hasBroadcastingInstitution → Korean Central Television ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media
Juche → partOf → North Korean propaganda system ⓘ
subject linked to: Juché
linked to: North Korean media
Great Mother of Korea → propagatedThrough → North Korean media ⓘ
Great Mother of Korea → propagatedThrough → North Korean literature ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media
Kim Il Sung’s family → influences → North Korean media ⓘ
Pyongyang Broadcasting Station → affiliation → North Korean propaganda apparatus ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media
Pyongyang Broadcasting Station → partOf → North Korean state media system ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media
KCTV sports channel → affiliation → North Korean state media ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media
Korean Journalists’ Union → associatedWith → North Korean propaganda system ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media
Victorious Fatherland Liberation War → usedIn → North Korean state media ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media
Dear Leader → usedBy → North Korean state media ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media
Dear Leader → mediaContext → North Korean television programs ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media
Rodong → controlledMediaSystem → North Korean state media ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media
Pyongyang speech → usedIn → North Korean state media ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media
Kimilsungia Festival → hasMediaCoverage → North Korean state media ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media
Kimjongilia → usedIn → North Korean posters ⓘ
linked to: North Korean media