Minju Choson
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 민주조선 |
| Hancha | 民主朝鮮 |
| Revised Romanization | Minju Joseon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Minju Chosŏn |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Cabinet of North Korea |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Political alignment | Socialism, Juche, Songun,Communism |
| Headquarters | Pyongyang, North Korea |
Minju Choson (Korean: 민주조선, 'Democratic Korea') is a state-run North Korean government newspaper. It is published in Pyongyang. It was started in 1945. It's the principal newspaper of the Cabinet of North Korea.
Minju Choson began as Pyongyang Ilbo, the organ of the South Pyongan People's Committee. In October 1945, it changed its name to the current one, as it became the organ of the North Korean Provincial People's Committee, and took its current position in September 1948 when the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was officially established.
Unlike Rodong Sinmun, it handles more administrative matters, such as decisions and orders of the Cabinet, laws, regulations and policy issues. The official mission of the newspaper is to "arm the workers of the people's governing bodies and the national economic bodies with the Great Leader's revolutionary thought and Juche ideology, and to greatly help the entire society in accomplishing Juche exploits by holding the workers firmly around the Party and the Great Leader and forcefully organizing and mobilizing them".
As a tradition since 1996, along with the two other main state run newspapers in North Korea and the Korean Central news agency, Rodong Minju Choson publishes a joint New Year editorial that outlines the country's policies for the year. The editorials usually offer praise for the Songun policy, the government and leadership, and encourage the growth of the nation. They are also critical of the policies of South Korea, Japan, the United States, and Western governments towards the country. On January 1, 2006, the agency sent out a joint-editorial from North Korea's state newspapers calling for the withdrawal of American troops from South Korea. While annual January 1 editorials are a tradition among the papers, that year's brought attention from Western media outlets, by calling for a "nationwide campaign for driving out the U.S. troops". The editorial made several references to Korean reunification. The 2009 editorial received similar attention, as criticism of United States policy was absent, and the admission of severe economic problems in the country. The editorial also made reference to denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula, in what analysts claimed was a "hopeful" sign. This was echoed again in its 2010 editorial, which called for an end to hostilities with the United States and a nuclear free Korean Peninsula.
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