Pyongyang Sinmun | |
Type: | Daily newspaper |
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Founder: | Kim Il Sung |
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Publisher: | Workers' Party of Korea Pyongyang Municipal Committee |
Chiefeditor: | Song Rak-gyun |
Launched: | 1 June 1957 |
Language: | Korean |
Circulation: | 4.3 million |
Circulation Date: | 2002 |
Sister Newspapers: | The Pyongyang Times |
Publishing Country: | North Korea |
Publishing City: | Pyongyang |
Pyongyang Sinmun (Pyongyang News) is a North Korean newspaper founded on 1 June 1957 by Kim Il Sung.[1] It launched an online version on 1 January 2005.[2] It is published by the Workers' Party of Korea Pyongyang Municipal Committee[3] six times per week under the editorship of Song Rak-gyun.[4] Although technically a local newspaper, it is distributed nationwide and stories cover news from other regions as well. The print is four pages. It has a circulation of 4,3 million. The Pyongyang Times is its foreign language edition.[5]