The Pyongyang Times
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Front cover of The Pyongyang Times
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Launched | 6 May 1965 |
| Political alignment | Workers' Party of Korea (Pyongyang city party committee) |
| Language | English and French |
| Headquarters | Sochon-dong, Sosong District, Pyongyang, DPRK |
| City | Pyongyang |
| Country | North Korea |
| Circulation | 30,000 (as of 2002) |
| Sister newspapers | Pyongyang Sinmun |
| OCLC number | 7713208 |
| Website | www |
The Pyongyang Times is a weekly state owned English and French-language newspaper published in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. It is the foreign language edition of the Pyongyang Sinmun.
The eight-page tabloid was first launched on 6 May 1965, and is distributed in approximately 100 countries. For this reason, its staff are trained in English abroad. The newspaper also runs a website in several languages. Fifty-two issues of the paper are published annually. As of January 2012[update], there have been 2,672 issues. The circulation of the English and French editions is 30,000.
In North Korea, The Pyongyang Times is circulated in hotel lobbies, flights into the country and other places frequented by foreigners.
Naenara (내나라), the official North Korean news source, is the home of the Pyongyang Times.
The structure of the paper is as follows: The front cover is usually devoted to Kim Jong-un, particularly visits to various institutions in the country and praising his leadership. The next few pages detail various technological and ideological exploits of the nation, followed by propaganda against South Korea, Japan, and the United States and other nations (such as Israel) who are considered hostile to North Korea. The last pages are similar to that of the Rodong Sinmun, offering "foreign news" — though few major world events are covered, and most of its content is focused on like-minded or socialist nations.
Most of its content, like all North Korean state media, is dedicated to leader Kim Jong-un. More specifically, most of the paper's news is translated from articles in the Rodong Sinmun. It has been described as lacking "actual news" and is "basically a rundown of Mr Kim's daily agenda, with substantial flattery thrown in for good measure."
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