North Korean News

For some reason, the KCNA official website which publicizes news for North Korea, is hosted in Japan.

Why is this?

On this site you can read what’s “really” going on in the Korean crisis, straight from the secret state itself.

An except from news published October. 18. 2006 Juche 95 (explanation  of the Juche calendar - basically, the birth of Dear Leader Kim Il Sung is year 1) .

DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesman Totally Refutes UNSC “Resolution”

…The successful nuclear test in the DPRK was an exercise of its independent and legitimate right as a sovereign state as it was a positive defensive countermeasure to protect the sovereignty of the country and life and security of the people from the U.S. escalated nuclear war threat and sanctions and pressure…

…The nuclear test in the DPRK was a great deed that greatly contributed to defending peace and stability not only on the Korean Peninsula but in the rest of Northeast Asia as it demonstrated powerful deterrent for coping with the U.S. nuclear threat and blackmail and foiling its attempt to ignite a new war…

…The DPRK had remained unfazed in any storm and stress in the past when it had no nuclear weapons. It is quite nonsensical to expect the DPRK to yield to the pressure and threat of someone at this time when it has become a nuclear weapons state…

There you have it.

The official website does not have a search function, and it is a pain to dig through the archives. A NK news buff and skilled programmer has created a website, nk-news.net, which archives and sorts all of the news from the official website.

As if that wasn’t fun enough… You can even search by keywords.
Now, because of the incredibly filtered, and controlled nature of the media released from NK, this keyword search is extremely interesting.

For example… Check their suggested searches. The phrase “bitterer hatred” shows up quite often. And, looking at the search results, seems to be commonly pointed at Japan.

The Japanese reactionaries are persistently raising a hue and cry over the abduction issue hardly comparable with the monstrous crimes committed by Japan against the Korean nation in the past. This frantic ruckus of confrontation with the DPRK only triggers off bitterer hatred of its army and people toward Japan.

Indeed.

Check out the nknews hall of fame. Read the article entitled ”Mr. Roh, tear down this wall!” about the giant concrete wall separating North and South Korea… which doesn’t exist.

- Harvey