Pyongyang Sinmun

Pyongyang Sinmun (Korean: 평양신문; Hancha: 平壤新聞, Pyongyang News) is a North Korean newspaper founded on 1 June 1957 by Kim Il Sung.^[1] It launched an online version on 1 January 2005.^[2] It is published by the Workers' Party of Korea Pyongyang Municipal Committee^[3] six times per week under the editorship of Song Rak-gyun.^[4] Although technically a local newspaper, it is distributed nationwide and stories cover news from other regions as well. The print is four pages. It has a circulation of 4,3 million. The Pyongyang Times is its foreign language edition.^[5]

Pyongyang Sinmun

Type	Daily newspaper
Founder(s)	Kim Il Sung
Publisher	Workers' Party of Korea Pyongyang Municipal Committee
Editor-in-chief	Song Rak-gyun
Launched	1 June 1957
Language	Korean
City	Pyongyang
Country	North Korea
Circulation	4.3 million (as of 2002)
Sister newspapers	The Pyongyang Times
Media of North Korea List of newspapers

See also

• List of newspapers in North Korea
• Media of North Korea