''Korea Today'', first published as ''New Korea'',
is a
North Korea
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propaganda
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magazine
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published monthly by the
Foreign Languages Publishing House in
Pyongyang
Pyongyang () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" (). Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. Accordi ...
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The magazine focuses on cultural and industrial progress made in the country.
It also publishes North Korea short stories.
Copies of the magazine are handed out to tourists on flights into the country.
The magazine was initially published in Russian only.
Today, it is published in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.
History
The magazine was first published as ''New Korea'' () in January 1950
by the
New Korea Publishing House,
the predecessor of the
Foreign Languages Publishing House.
Since 1959, it has been published as ''Korea Today''.
In December 1955,
Son Din-fa,
the chief editor of ''New Korea'', was dismissed from his post and convicted to manual labor after drawing influences of
de-Stalinization
De-Stalinization () comprised a series of political reforms in the Soviet Union after Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, the death of long-time leader Joseph Stalin in 1953, and Khrushchev Thaw, the thaw brought about by ascension of Nik ...
from the Soviet Union and criticizing the
personality cult of Kim Il-sung.
See also
* ''
Foreign Trade of the DPRK''
*
Media of North Korea
The mass media in North Korea is amongst the most strictly controlled in the world. The constitution of North Korea, constitution nominally provides for freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, press. However, the government routinely disr ...
References
External links
* at ''Publications of the DPRK''
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Communist magazines
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1950 establishments in North Korea