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Voice Of Korea
Voice of Korea () is the international broadcasting service of North Korea. It broadcasts primarily information in Chinese, Spanish, German, English, French, Russian, Japanese and Arabic. Until 2002 it was known as Radio Pyongyang. The interval signal is identical to that of Korean Central Television. History The origins of Voice of Korea can be traced to 1936 and the radio station JBBK. Operated by the occupying Japanese forces, JBBK broadcast a first and second program as part of Japan's radio network that covered the Korean Peninsula from Seoul. The station was founded in October 1945 as Radio Pyongyang, and officially inaugurated programming on the 14th, with a live broadcast of the victory speech of Kim Il Sung when he returned to Pyongyang at the end of World War II. The first foreign broadcast was in Chinese on 16 March 1947. Japanese-language broadcasts began in 1950, followed by English (1951), French and Russian (1963), Spanish (1965), Arabic (1970), and Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen River, Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The country's western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. North Korea, like South Korea, claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of North Korea, adjacent islands. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city. The Korean Peninsula was first inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the late 7th century, Korea was ruled by the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Peninsula
Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically divided at or near the 38th parallel between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK). Both countries proclaimed independence in 1948, and the two countries fought the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. The region is bordered by China to the north and Russia to the northeast, across the Amnok (Yalu) and Duman (Tumen) rivers, and is separated from Japan to the southeast by the Korea Strait. Known human habitation of the Korean peninsula dates to 40,000 BC. The kingdom of Gojoseon, which according to tradition was founded in 2333 BC, fell to the Han dynasty in 108 BC. It was followed by the Three Kingdoms period, in which Korea was divided into Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla. In 668 AD, Silla conquered Baekje and Goguryeo with the aid of the Tang dy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numbers Station
A numbers station is a shortwave radio station characterized by broadcasts of formatted numbers, which are believed to be addressed to intelligence officers operating in foreign countries. Most identified stations use speech synthesis to vocalize numbers, although digital modes such as phase-shift keying and frequency-shift keying, as well as Morse code transmissions, are not uncommon. Most stations have set time schedules or schedule patterns; however, some appear to have no discernible pattern and broadcast at random times. Stations may have set frequencies in the high frequency, high-frequency band. Numbers stations have been reported since at least the start of World War I and continue in use today. Amongst amateur radio enthusiasts, there is an interest in monitoring and classifying numbers stations, with many being given nicknames to represent their quirks or origins. History According to the notes of ''The Conet Project'', which has compiled recordings of these transmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincolnshire Poacher (numbers Station)
The Lincolnshire Poacher was a powerful British Shortwave radio, shortwave numbers station that transmitted from HM Government Communications Centre near Gawcott in Buckinghamshire, England, and later from Cyprus, from the mid-1960s to July 2008. The station gained its commonly known name as it uses Bar (music), bars from the English folk song "The Lincolnshire Poacher" as an interval signal. The radio station was believed to be operated by the United Kingdom, British Secret Intelligence Service. Amateur Radio Direction Finding, direction finding linked it with the Royal Air Force base at RAF Akrotiri, Akrotiri, Cyprus, where several HRS antenna, curtain antennas were identified as being its transmitter. It consisted of a pre-recorded English-accented female voice reading groups of five numbers: e.g., '0-2-5-8-8'. The final number in each group was spoken at a higher pitch. It is likely that the station was used to communicate to undercover agents operating in other countries, to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June 15th North–South Joint Declaration
__NOTOC__ The June 15th North–South Joint Declaration was adopted between leaders of North Korea and South Korea in June 2000 after various diplomatic meetings between the North and South. As a result of the talks, numerous separated families and relatives from the North and the South had meetings with their family members in Pyongyang and Seoul. According to the North–South Joint Declaration, the North-South ministerial talks and North–South military working-level talks were held four times in Pyongyang, Seoul and Jeju Island from July to December 2000. Text of North–South Joint Declaration June 15, 2000 See also * Sunshine Policy * Inter-Korean summits *Unconverted long-term prisoners "Unconverted long-term prisoners" is the North Korean term for northern loyalists imprisoned in South Korea who never renounced ''Juche''. The North Korean government considers them to be "pro-reunification patriotic fighters", while South Korean ... (the "unswerving Communists ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With The Century
''Reminiscences: With the Century'' () is the autobiography of Kim Il Sung, founder and former president of North Korea. The memoirs, written in 1992 and published in eight volumes, retell Kim's life story through his childhood to the time of Korean resistance. Initially, a total of 30 volumes were planned but Kim Il Sung died in 1994 after just six volumes; the seventh and eight volumes were published posthumously. The work reveals early influences of religious and literary ideas on Kim's thinking. An important part of North Korean literature, ''With the Century'' is held as an intriguing if unreliable insight into the nation's modern history under late colonial Korea. The book is considered one of a few North Korean primary sources widely available in the West and as notable research material for North Korean studies. Authorship of ''With the Century'' is disputed, with some claiming that it was written by professional writers instead of Kim Il Sung himself. History U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Central Broadcasting Station
The Korean Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS) () is a domestic radio station operated by the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee, a state-owned broadcaster in North Korea. History On August 26, 1945, the broadcast signal north of the 38th parallel was cut off, and the Beijing Central Broadcasting Station stopped broadcasting. On October 14, 1945, the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station reactivated the broadcasting equipment left by the Korean Broadcasting Association before the war and began broadcasting Korean broadcasts using the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station as the call sign. In May 1946, the Pyongyang Broadcasting Station was renamed the Pyongyang Central Broadcasting Station. On March 16, 1947, Chinese broadcasting began, marking the beginning of external broadcasting. In February 1948, the Pyongyang Central Broadcasting Station was renamed the Korean Central Broadcasting Station. In November 1948, the call sign of the radio station was changed to Korea Central Broadcastin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Central News Agency
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) () is the state news agency of North Korea. The agency portrays the views of the North Korean government for both domestic and foreign consumption. It was established on December 5, 1946, and now features online coverage. Organization KCNA works under the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee, through which it is ultimately controlled by the Workers' Party of Korea's Propaganda and Agitation Department. In December 1996, KCNA began publishing its news articles on the Internet with its web server located in Japan. Since October 2010, stories have been published on a new site, controlled from Pyongyang, and output has been significantly increased to include world stories with no specific link to North Korea as well as news from countries that have strong DPRK ties. In addition to Korean, KCNA releases news translated into English, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish. Access to its website, along with other North Korean news site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of General Kim Jong-il
The "Song of General Kim Jong Il" ( ''Kimjongil janggunui nolae'') is a marching song from North Korea. It was composed by Sol Myong-sun (, 1936–2012) and the words were written by Sin Un-ho (, 1941 – March 24, 2020) in 1997. The song praises the " Eternal General Secretary", Kim Jong Il (who ruled from 1994 until 2011) as a part of his cult of personality. During the presidency of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il helped to run his father's own personality cult. Although the "Song of General Kim Jong Il" is not as widely popular as the "Song of General Kim Il Sung" (nor was his cult as large as his father's), it is also played regularly in North Korea. The song is played by the North Korean state television at the start of broadcasts each day. It was also played after the telecast of Kim Jong Il's memorial service on December 29, 2011. also plays a chime version of the first two lines of the song as its interval signal at the start of broadcasts. According to North Korean sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Anthem Of North Korea
"" (Chosŏn'gŭl: ), officially translated as "Patriotic Song", is the national anthem of North Korea. It was composed in 1945 as a patriotic song celebrating independence from Japanese occupation and was adopted as the state anthem in 1947. Performance of this anthem is prohibited in South Korea under the National Security Act. Etymology "Aegukka" is a Romanized transliteration of "The Patriotic Song"; the song is also known by its incipit ''Ach'imŭn pinnara'' or "Let Morning Shine" or in its Korean name or alternatively as the "Song of a Devotion to a Country". The ''Encyclopedia of Korean Culture'' defines the word "Aegukka" as "the song to wake up the mind to love the country". "Aegukka" in itself is differentiated from a national anthem. While a national anthem or ''gukka'' () is an official symbol of the state, ''aegukka'' refers to any song, official or unofficial, that contains patriotic fervor towards its country, such as Hungary's "Szózat" or the U.S. "The Stars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of General Kim Il-sung
The "Song of General Kim Il Sung" (Korean: 김일성 장군의 노래) is a North Korean marching song composed by Kim Won-gyun in 1946. As a part of an ongoing cult of personality, the song praising Kim Il Sung, North Korea's " Eternal President", who died in 1994, is still widely played in the country. It is often considered to be the ''de facto'' national anthem in North Korea. The song is a four-square march. It features paired two bar phrases in an A-B-A form, with dotted rhythms. Percussion and brass instrumentation is intended to enhance the revolutionary tone of the song. The song, composed in 1946, is the earliest known work of art mentioning Kim Il Sung, and thus can be said to mark the beginning of his personality cult. In the early 1980s Kim Jong Il began promoting the song and it has since replaced "Aegukka", the national anthem, as the most important song and the '' de facto'' anthem played in public gatherings in the country. North Koreans typically know the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
