Pyongyang Sinmun
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder | Kim Il Sung |
| Publisher | Workers' Party of Korea Pyongyang Municipal Committee |
| Editor-in-chief | Song Rak-gyun |
| Launched | 1 June 1957 |
| Language | Korean |
| City | Pyongyang |
| Country | North Korea |
| Circulation | 4.3 million (as of 2002) |
| Sister newspapers | The Pyongyang Times |
Pyongyang Sinmun (Korean: 평양신문; Hancha: 平壤新聞, 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]
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