Rodong Sinmun

Rodong Sinmun
Rodong Sinmun
Chosŏn'gŭl 로동신문
S: 노동신문
Hancha 勞動新聞
McCune–Reischauer Rodong Sinmun
S: Nodong Sinmun
Revised Romanization Rodong Sinmun
S: Nodong Sinmun
Rodong Sinmun
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Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner Workers Party of Korea
Publisher Rodong News Agency
Founded 1945
Political alignment Juche
Headquarters Pyongyang,
North Korea
Official website [1]

Rodong Sinmun ("Newspaper of the workers") is a North Korean newspaper and the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, published by the Rodong News Agency. It is the most widely read newspaper in the country. It was first published on November 1, 1945, as Chǒngro (정로; 正路; "right path"), serving as a communication channel for the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea. It was renamed in September 1946 to its current name upon the steady development of the Workers' Party of Korea. Quoted frequently by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and international media, it is regarded as a source of official viewpoints on many issues.

Contents

Contents

Rodong Sinmun is published every day of the year and usually contains six pages.[1] The editorial, where the Workers' Party expresses its view on different issues, and commands passed down by the party are usually regarded as the most important pieces of information.[citation needed] There is typically no content in such areas as lifestyle, or TV, radio and other entertainment.[citation needed] It is said that it has a hundred or so reporters, and the cut-off time for publishing articles is noon on the day before the scheduled publication date.[citation needed] The newspapers are mainly delivered to organisations such as schools, cooperative farms and working places, but for those in high positions in the government or the party there can be individual deliveries.[citation needed] However, it's now available in PDF format at its webpage.

On January 1, 2006, the paper printed a joint-editorial calling for the withdrawal of American troops from South Korea. While annual January 1 editorials are a tradition among the papers, this year's brought attention from Western media outlets, by calling for a "nationwide campaign for driving out the U.S. troops".[2] The editorial made several references to Korean reunification.

Name

South Korean media often spell the name as Rodong Shinmun, due to the South Korean modification on the McCune-Reischauer romanisation for the 시 Hangul Jamo combination from si to shi. However, as used by North Korea and other international media, its official English name is Rodong Sinmun, just as it would be using the McCune-Reischauer system.

Rodong Sinmun is based on the North Korean pronunciation. In the South Korean standard, it becomes Nodong Sinmun.

See also

References

  1. ^ Holloway, Andrew (2003). A Year in Pyongyang. Aidan Foster-Carter. Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea, Leeds University.
  2. ^ North Korea Demands U.S. Troop Withdrawal. Fox News. December 31, 2005.

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