Archive for January, 2012:
“What Are the Implications of the Collapse of America?” : Rodong Sinmun vs. Brzezinski
While KNCA’s English page remains an essential resource, and the new Rodong Sinmun English version is similarly interesting, there is no substitute for reading the whole Korean paper every day, an action which is now possible (at least for readers outside the ROK firewall) thanks to North Korea’s expanded digital footprint. SinoNK.com is therefore pleased […]
Anchorwomen, Tanks, and Other Symbols
– Martyn Williams has a tremendous illustrated run-down of the unprecedented Korean Central TV-China Central TV collaboration during the Spring Festival; Xinhua reporter Zhang Li — who was the first Chinese reporter in Pyongyang on television about 15 minutes after the announcement of Kim’s death — strikes again in conversation with her distinguished North Korean […]
North Korea’s Troll Army? The Sinophone Internet Debate Over Kim Jong Un’s On-Site Inspection
In the endeavor to follow news coming out of Pyongyang since January 1, it has been occasionally difficult to follow Chinese news threads about Kim Jong Un. Something suprising appears to be happening on the Chinese internet in the Kim Jong Un era, at least on the Huanqiu Shibao/Global Times comment boards, which, associated with […]
Catch and Release: Journalists on the North Korean-Chinese Border
In the long aftermath of the Laura Ling-Euna Lee fiasco, SinoNK.com may be featuring a couple of posts looking back at the memoirs of the two main participants, since notes on their decidedly mixed oeuvre exist, await typing and more thought (presuming that the thought precedes the typing). The Oprah-NK demographic, after all, is one that we […]
Liaoning Expressways, the Global Times, and China as a Great Power in the North Korean Media: KCNA File No. 5
Northeast China, and Liaoning in particular, has its own unique set of problems: environmental pollution, rates of unemployment and corruption that are higher than the national average, and the occasional violation of its eastern boundary by border guards with guns or North Korean fighter jets. But Liaoning — being more solidly Han, and much closer […]
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