North Korean TV EXPLAINED | DPRK Television Channels

Television in North Korea is split between 4 primary TV channels - whilst you may have heard of Korean Central Television, the other three; Mansudae TV, Ryongnamsan TV, and Sports TV remain a mystery to many, along with how TV and media have developed in the DPRK from the 1960s to today!
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🎵 Music
Kangson Sunset - State Symphony Orchestra
Loving Smile - State Symphony Orchestra
Milyang Arirang - State Symphony Orchestra
My Country is the Best - Moranbong Band
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:00 Korean Central Television
06:44 Mansudae Television
08:20 Ryongnamsan Television
09:52 Sports Television
10:28 Pyongyang TV Tower
11:08 Manbang
12:08 Conclusion
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#NorthKorea #DPRK #Pyongyang

[@TravelFilming]

4 analogue national TV channels not broadcasting 24/7. Brings back memories of 1989.

[@MasterHavik]

Early 70s in the States. I can remember getting cable tv in the mid to late 70’s

[@seltaeb3302]

Yup, when TV shut down at midnight, 1am-ish, it was bed time, baby time. Look at America & Trump voters & that's a result of 24/7 TV brain noodles.

[@MasterHavik]

@@seltaeb3302 ah yes.. It has no effect on Democrats or liberals, just Trump voters. Everyone else gets SMARTER from 24 hrs of fluff.

[@tetraxis3011]

@@seltaeb3302 We are talking about TV transmissions. No need to bring politics in.

[@Gianfranco_69]

For sure,the good times ,before abundance and choice turned it into pure chaos,a different experience entirely

[@loopernoodling]

One thing that's interesting from a linguistic point of view is that the famous Pink Hanbok Lady who does/did those announcements, talks in a very emphatic, quavering sort of voice. And I have heard DPRK people being interviewed using exactly that same quavering style. If it carried on long enough, the North Korean dialect would start to diverge from South Korean dialect. TV shows do alter national accents, if they are popular enough, and NK's isolation would be a hotbed for linguistic divergence. If it was just the Pink Lady, it wouldn't be a thing at all - it is the fact that it seems to be a set way of speaking in public for *everybody* that is interesting.

[@lizzymarie4095]

Cherie (not sure how to spell it) a defector here on KZbin speaks about the difficulties of the North Korean dialect and the struggles it causes for defectors who land in South Korea. I think she has a video talking about how the language is so different now that they are actually given Korean classes once they are decided to stay in the country. It makes it harder for integration, camouflaging in the community and even being able to be understood at times.

[@mrttripz3236]

The news broadcasting voice is really not accurate to how North Koreans actually speak. Their dialect IS different for sure but its not quite as dramatic

[@rahmspinat]

Yes, it's such an impressively disgusting voice!!

[@JohnSmith-nj9qo]

I'd hesitate to go that far. Back in the mid 20th century in the US news broadcasters would often speak in what was commonly referred to as the Mid Atlantic dialect to make themselves sound more professional and refined, but your average American would never speak using that dialect. However with that being said after almost 70 years of isolation North Korean is already starting to become it's own language. When they defect to South Korea it's difficult for them to communicate with other people even though they both are technically speaking the same language.

[@amalayperson7208]

@@rahmspinat mind your manners.

[@Cypekeh]

I like how objective you are, just speaking about the facts instead of giving your opinion on North Korea. Also there's so much footage, I'm amazed.

[@cat_city2009]

Right? Everything you see online about the country is either praising or condemning it. I just want facts.

[@DrywallMuncher_]

@@cat_city2009 i mean there's not really much you can do when most of the facts just happen to be negative lol

[@mcbchannel7173]

Fun fact, ornament character in your display name is an ornament intentionally use for distinguish between normal text and title in my ethnic’s writing system.

[@borntoclimb7116]

@@cat_city2009 but fact is this is a dictator ship

[@DukeOnkled]

@@DrywallMuncher_ Let's be honest, most of the facts are wholly unknown outside of the country itself.

[@jonassamint6164]

As a Chinese I found it surprisingly interesting that North Korean dialect still preserved some of the Chinese words and pronunciation in the language, I did not expect that

[@achmedaan]

Considering the amount of Chinese loan words in Korean, I think it would be near impossible to get rid of all of them to make it pure Korean.

[@ytn00b3]

@@achmedaan It can be replaced but it will take time and money. It's been using since 1500 years so are Koreanized words now.

[@ytn00b3]

30% of China's NE three provinces were ethnic Koreans before Japanese and Qing Dynasty made treaty to repatriate ethnic Koreans to settle the new border agreement. Many stayed and refused to leave.

[@rukus9585]

As a USA, I can say that I agree, it's really, really cute of NK to speak a few Chinese words. 👏👏👏

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

on analog TV, China and North Korea both used PAL-D/K (6.5 MHz sound carrier, 4.43 MHz video subcarrier in 625 lines), China uses it’s own DTV frequency and DTMB Digital TV, and North Korea uses Eastern European analog TV frequency and DVB-T2 (same as Russia but SECAM-D/K for analog TV). South Korea and Taiwan uses NTSC-M (525 lines, 3.579 MHz video subcarrier and 4.5 MHz sound carrier); bith countries used American NTSC-M frequency: Taiwan uses DVB-T (6 MHz Pan American DTV frequency) and South Korea uses ATSC 1.0 and ATSC 3.0 for South Korean DTV.

[@plasmadrone3123]

any chance you'll do a video on DPRK propaganda posters and its aesthetics? They're striking!

[@soniagarcia3078]

Agreed

[@alpacario336]

I think in My Brothers and Sisters in the North they interviewed the guy who makes them.

[@albertpatnongon751]

Radio in DPRK North Korea next please

[@G_FRE]

Got your wish

[@liamkidron8131]

0:00 is it just me or the opening music is giving chills

[@revolter7094]

This is actually such a good and unbiased explaining YT channel. I also love the editing and song use. I would even love to see content beyond DPRK. You deserve a lot more views ,sir.

[@Seff2]

"unbiased" hahah

[@James-jh3sz]

@@Seff2 What bias was there?

[@clouds-rb9xt]

@@James-jh3sz Not here but there is some on the recent video

[@northkoreamediaarchive]

This is fantastic content and I can't wait for what you put out next! Also very stoked to see you made some good use of my 1972 parade footage!

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

Most channels would have a bias instead of producing documentation and fascinating facts like you're doing, you're doing amazing

[@ArmyMan0077111]

Fantastic work as always! Such a pleasure and thank you for your content 🥳🥳🥳

[@onethreeify]

no one does documentaries about the world like the brits. serious vibes of british pathé introducing the colonies to the british public back in the days. insanely good video in every way imaginable

[@Griff10poldi]

Fantastic work as usual! Was always wondering how the 3 remaining channels look like because I've only seen their logo (and some short descriptions)

[@paige7065]

Love the way you put this together - specifically how much work you put into your animation!! You’re so talented, just joined your Patreon!

[@DPRKExplained]

Thank you!!

[@dougdouglas3945]

I know right, really impressive

[@carriebizz]

I'm Australian and when I was a kid in the 80s we had 4 channels. Channel 10, 9, 7 and 2 (ABC) if you were lucky and got reception you had SBS and it mostly had foreign movies and news. I was glued to the tv nowadays I rarely watch any actual TV.

[@rmoz2729]

SBS 0/28! Regionally there were only two channels, a mix of the networks and channel 2 (ABC).

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Nowadays nine, seven and the ABC are on YT

[@loulou3676]

Another banger from DPRK Explained, this one was fascinating! Crazy to think their TV is near 100% domestic content... Are there advertisement breaks? Also, I'm probably the only person on the planet that wants this, but I'd love to see a video on the DPRK's burgeoning cosmetics industry

[@proximamidnight1581]

From what I’ve seen there’s no commercials.

[@aesthetic8289]

There’s also lots of international news, for example the first place I’ve found out that there was an olive oil crisis in Spain (my country) was in Korean TV, and I could check it’s accuracy when I went to the supermarket. Dark days lay ahead in USA Europe, but not in the DPRK!

[@amalayperson7208]

I think there are commercial advertisement however, it is only shown after a TV programme (in other words, in between tv shows).

[@tcvadomix]

As far as I see from the KCTV streams, instead of advertising they only air music videos (of patriotic or popular music) between programmes.

[@CommunistBot]

@@amalayperson7208 There are no advertisements. Sometimes they run programs to educate the consumers about new products, but they aren't ads.

[@petelowson5481]

Me: I need to get this report done by tomorrow. Also me: Ah, let me just watch all about North Korean telly…..,

[@zachinthehat1707]

Me: wow that sure was a day of work Also me: thank god im done with school and I never have to worry about homework again

[@LoboVisuals]

This channel is criminally good, the best and informative coverage on North Korea I ever saw

[@Klingonmastr]

I'm always been fascinated with TV in these communist countries. I know with the USSR at the end of the broadcast day around 1:30AM they would play the National Anthem. Very lastly there would be a broadcast warning to Turn of the TV. That might seem a bit strange but some USSR television sets were known to overheat and even explode.

[@tetraxis3011]

A lot of countries still broadcast the national anthem. Mexico and Colombia do that. Colombia I think broadcasts it twice.

[@fan.80s_90s]

I remember that one video on KZbin telling viewers to switch off the TV in red letters and sound on and off continuously.

[@shihanafridhi9517]

@@tetraxis3011 Even some channels in my country called Sri Lanka actually do that

[@billyork6017]

​@@tetraxis3011Britain did until fairly recently! Start of the day they would play a song featuring elements of all the national songs of the UK then the national anthem at the end of broadcast. Now only one radio station does this!

[@patrickwhelpley1745]

In the early 80s here in the USA, the Midwest to be exact, our local public service channel would end transmission at 1 am. They’d play the National Anthem then display the test pattern. Cable changed all that.

[@thebalkanhistorian5850]

This has to be the best DPRK video I’ve ever seen. The footage, music and interesting facts, oh I’ve watched about 10 times! Keep up the great work! -The Balkan Historian

[@dogradsky]

Each video is a banger. Well done.

[@der_sandler]

Cool topic for a video. I remember watching an online stream of KCTV and being surprised because they were broadcasting football games from my country's (Germany) local league. I wonder what Koreans think of all the advertisements that are everywhere in the West.

[@wesleywagumba2806]

Where'd you get the steam?

[@rosaburgs6019]

@@wesleywagumba2806 it’s on the kcnawatch website

[@wesleywagumba2806]

@@rosaburgs6019 thanks

[@Oblivion5367]

Bundesliga matches on KCTV? impressive.

[@leni4179]

@@rosaburgs6019 this is so interesting, i never heard then we can see north Korea for free (it's kinda useless bc i don't speak korean but still interesting

[@childofcascadia]

Its interesting the inflection the newscasters use. Most newscasters in the modern world, regardless of language, use a certain cadence and inflection that sounds factual without being overly emotive or inflected. The way the DPRK newscaster speaks reminds me of a Korean version of the way newscasters here spoke 75 years ago. Compare that with a South Korean broadcast, the newscaster there is using the modern style cadence and inflection common in most countries in the world.

[@FOLIPE]

At least in Brazil I think in the last 20-30 years the news became somewhat more informal, although it is still very formal. North Korean news does seen like what we had like in the radio era and early TV era though

[@tastella]

Yeah, their aggressively enthusiastic style is pretty comical.

[@SarafinaSummers]

Yet, had I not been told what it was, I would have been able to pick out that it was most likely a news broadcast. I'm completely blind, btw.

[@TheBleggh]

It's a very old style of news broadcast too. Most modern news channels are 24-hour affairs with around the clock coverage (for better or worse). DPRK news seems to be the old style where you had a few hours of news coverage delivered in a more dry, matter of fact way.

[@Rest65432]

North Korean language is more older and doesnt use many words like standard South Korean does. Hangul is the writing system and Chinese was adapted many centuries later. king sejong started the hangul system.

[@kranthikiran4195]

Very informative. Thanks for doing the video 😊

[@PaperWill]

Solid work as always.

[@Volundur9567]

It would be so fascinating to watch their channels. I do notice they do a unique form of reporting. Showing lots of nature and lavishing praises in a very emotional but performative manner.

[@cmndrkool321]

I’m glad KZbin recommended this channel to me. I love the formatting and your knowledge of the North Korean culture. You got yourself a dedicated subscriber!

[@alexfriedman2047]

I'm a Korean speaking American and you pronounced 조선 중앙 텔리비죤 perfectly. Do you speak Korean?? The dialects are so different and will continue to become more different as time goes on. North Korea eliminated a lot of Sino Korean words and replaced them with new pure Korean words. They also consider Hangul to have 40 letter (I actually agree) rather than officially in South Korea having 24. Also they use archaic styles and conjugations like 했소 instead of just 했어 They use weird conjugations that I've never once seen in regular 표준어 Korean. Also they don't simplify 리을 and 니은 hanja into 이응. They still use 리 as a surr name. Still use 력사 instead of 역사 and 녀자 instead of 여자

[@bundesautobahn7]

Having grown up in West Germany, I can relate to some of the differences myself between the former East and West Germany, but between us it's more subtle because it just concerned grammar. Oddly enough, in other German speaking nations like Austria and Switzerland, it's more aligned with the former West Germany in terms of language.

[@alexfriedman2047]

​@@bundesautobahn7 O really? That's interesting man. German is my other Favorite language after Korean. My mom is German, so I'm half German. I speak English and Korean but I wish I knew German also. I find it incredibly difficult to pronounce though. Were you around when the Berlin wall fell? I was only like 6 months old when that happened. I can only imagine the partying that went on at that time. Imagine if it happened in Korea as well!

[@bundesautobahn7]

@@alexfriedman2047 I was six at the time.

[@xaverlustig3581]

@@bundesautobahn7 I disagree. There never was a distinct east or west German dialect. Dialects in Germany are varied and the east/west border criss crossed all over them, leaving some regional dialects split between both sides. They remain the same today. There is no grammar feature that developped separately during the cold war era. There were some vocabulary differences between east and west in the areas of politics, ideology, modern inventions and youth slang that were caused by the different ideological affiliations and therefore change exactly where the border used to be, but most of them have waned since reunification. Writing from the Berlin area where the dialect in East Berlin, West Berlin, and suburbs located in former East Germany is and has always been exactly the same.

[@bundesautobahn7]

@@xaverlustig3581 I mean, in the eastern states, taking as example the word "anschalten", they say "angeschalten" while we in the western states (I'm from Hamburg) say "angeschaltet". Unless this was always the case long before 1945, that's how I see it, a subtle difference that built up over time.

[@binimbap]

Thank you for the high-quality and highly educational video!

[@jaiparashar9776]

holy shit! i just found your channel yesterday and ive already seen almost all of the videos. your videos are extremely fascinating. I would love to see more videos from you in the future. something like a myth busting vid would be really informative. i do have one question tho, where do you get all this information from? id expect it must be hard to just google it and get unbiased stuff about north korea.

[@firefirefire3277]

Can you do a documentary about Ri Chun Hee next? I really find her very interesting. Would even love to watch a biopic about her life, how she started as a news reader until her recent retirement.

[@SamSam-qk5zr]

Could you do a video about radio stations in north korea? Love your videos

[@daintybeigli]

I find the logos interesting. The sport channel logo definitely conveys the idea of movement and action, even to someone (like me) who doesn’t know Korean.

[@riebsbie1385]

I like your logo, the circle is genius!

[@KingKrafted]

That theme for the newspaper review segment is such a bop at 5:01 🔥🔥🔥

[@normaarellano7259]

This Is Why I Love Watching Foreign TV channels,Its Very Interesting To Me To See how their Format Of Editing,Hosting,Programs Etc.

[@markoreilly3361]

Interesting content and very objective. Would it be possible in the future to see a video on the DPRK heath care system. Much appreciated.

[@daviyswl6075]

Sometimes I listen the NK Radiostation "Voice of Korea" in shortwave band, in Spanish, this tune at begging of this video is the same that plays in VOK. You should to make a documentary about this station too.

[@brianmuhlingBUM]

Great information, well spoken. It doesn't need the BG music as it messes up the great narration. Well done! 😊😊😊

[@foxdavani4091]

What a well done documentary. I love how you don’t put in opinion and you just talk about the documentary. Very well done. Very informative. Very beautiful to watch and you have a wonderful voice that is just perfect for radio.

[@Drew791]

This was absolutely fascinating subject matter. I had no idea of the television system in North Korea.

[@LinRuiEn]

Weird question: would you ever do a video about fashion/clothing in the dprk? I am very interested in what common people wear but wlso facinated with how they have kept hanbok for women even in newscasts. I wonder what kind of fabrics are common and if there's been any trends. Thank you for all your great videos!

[@DPRKExplained]

Even weirder answer, this was actually suggested by a colleague of mine recently and I’ve added it to my list of possible topics

[@LinRuiEn]

​​@@DPRKExplainedThat's great to hear! Looking forward to hopefully seeing it someday, and watching your other videos in the meantime!

[@silentstormstudio4782]

12:40 Wow never saw something like that before

[@vladilenkalatschev4915]

Very interesting! Great job ❤

[@Molist]

Thanks for another great video! I am curious, when the Korean map is shown, sometimes is contains the whole of the peninsula, and sometimes the South is shadowed out. Does that depend on the kind of content which map they use? Also, for the weather forecast, would they mention that for the entirety of the peninsula, ie, including South Korea? Thanks in advance!

[@DPRKExplained]

Usually it's pragmatic - for symbolic purposes and official maps it shows the full peninsula. For the weather, north of the DMZ is shown

[@cehaem2]

@@DPRKExplained That is correct. The North considers the entire peninsula one country while weather maps can be more detailed if they show only the North. Plus, in general, weather tends to be nicer in the South and they obviously can't have that....

[@pro-letarian3359]

Both sides of the Korean conflict view Korea as one country that's been externally separated, so both governments officially claim legitimate governance of the whole of the peninsula, so maps in either show Korea as one country

[@evryatis9231]

@@cehaem2 why the hell would they need to show the weather in south korea?

[@cehaem2]

@@evryatis9231 Because they still view the place as one country. West German weather showed the East for a pretty long time.

[@SomethingSpecial.]

Great video! Question and potential video topic: How widely is the use of the metric system in North Korea? I recall something saying Kim Il Sung kept the nation on the Korean system until the mid '70s. So would this mean the average Korean will still say their height and weight in the Korean system like how in the UK Canada and America we generally always refer to our heights and weights in the imperial system?

[@mecha37000fighter]

Great video as always man

[@toreyburkssr693]

As an american, I really appreciate the unbiased glimpse into the everyday life of North koreans. So often the only coverage or information we receive is on the negative political and or military front. It really feels good to get somewhat of an understanding of the "average Joe" in that part of the world. Just respectful information. I really appreciate this and look forward to watching your other videos in the future. It is so nice to get an understanding and to realize that there are normal, everyday people who live in love just like we do in the United States. It shows us that on the smallest levels, we are more similar than the media likes to portray. Thank you again for doing your part to bring the people of Earth just a tad bit closer by giving us an objective view of everyday life for the average person in North Korea.

[@anadhdguy8101]

I just fucking hate those bullshit propaganda, always the same thing like communism bad , capitalism good. If communism did the same thing like capitalism, the media will tell that it is dictatorship

[@dougdouglas3945]

Here here🇺🇸

[@notme8232]

​@@Seff2 Well, it's certainly less slanted than Western media

[@MegaFalcon13]

Ok commie

[@fluffysheep2800]

very good content as always

[@theconfusingwords]

Great video. Very informative and interesting. Keep up the nice work 🎉

[@sidsifo930]

Do you love North Korea, and by the way, I subscribed to your channel. I loved it. I'm glad I found your channel😍

[@theconfusingwords]

@@sidsifo930 aww thank you! I find North Korea fascinating and love to watch videos on it!!! 🥰

[@sidsifo930]

@@theconfusingwords Like you, I also love that this beautiful country and its culture are far from exaggerated propaganda against it

[@alpacario336]

I know everyone here is already clamoring with video ideas, but I'd love to see a video on the wildlife and environmental conservation of the DPRK. I've heard it has quite the biodiversity.

[@johannestravels]

I find it interesting that the International radio channel of DPRK "Voice of Korea" starts just like one of Korean TV channels. If there are good radio weathers I sometimes enjoy listening to Voice of Korea. It was fun to see news about Koreas new nuclear law in my country almost a week after they told about it on Voice of Korea😄

[@robertwilloughby8050]

That's good. I wish our TV Stations would do rundowns at the start of the day! ❤

[@Brick-Life]

Awesome to learn about about the other TV channels in the DPRK!

[@envelope3139]

it would be really cool to see a video about food and restaurant culture in the DPRK

[@franka5987]

Found the video interesting and well written however one small critique is that the background music is just a tad too loud compared to the narration. It was districting at times and made some parts difficult to comprehend without subtitles. Otherwise fantastic work!

[@nopasaran191]

If anyone wants to better understand why the DPRK is the way it is today I would definitely recommend the new season of the podcast Blowback about the Korean War

[@Zhicano]

Blowback blew me away lol. Seriously though the podcast compelled me to get Bruce Cummings book on Korea

[@79werwolf]

In 1989 in socialist Romania we had only one television station that broadcast three hours a day between 19:00 and 22:00 on weekdays and about 5 hours a day on Saturdays and Sundays between 13:00-15:00 and 19:00 - 22:00. Most of the broadcasts were dedicated to the Ceausescu family and people were looking to receive TV stations from neighboring countries. I lived in the south of the country and had access to Bulgarian television, which was less indoctrinated, and I could see Western movies sometimes, football matches and cartoons that Romanian television hardly broadcasts at all.

[@hylacinerea970]

it must be so difficult to archive media there due to its climate. I feel like the streaming box was also approved to get analog media online & delay the process of it becoming lost

[@TheKing-cb3kl]

I'm just curious, when you mention that they show certain foreign films and shows, what are the most commonly shown?

[@Gianfranco_69]

Very interesting.... the "Ident" music and Channel themetune has a ghostly quality,graphics definitely have an aesthetic,,, its like a transmission bleeding through from some alt/Universe....which it kinda is

[@hoosinhan]

The dprk tv history and footages reminds me of my Indonesian tvri before 1990's. The footages, programmings, styles of news broadcaster, all are very similiar with tvri in the years of 70-80s. So nostalgic.

[@oufukubinta]

The first 10 seconds sent chills down my spine. For some reason I find that opening very frightening

[@versebuchanan512]

Thank you, Glorious Content Creator

[@klingoncowboy4]

I am curious about some of the technical aspects such as frequencies used for broadcast and what standard is used for formatting signals.

[@Eddie2.0]

I know I can watch Korean central television by some sites and also by twitch, but is there a way to watch the other channels?

[@NinaRossBusiness]

Not sure why KZbin suggested this video. Good to understand other cultures.

[@HuyuKim_]

Thanks for good video :) From S.Korea

[@JamesLee-on1yb]

i often watched the DPRK TV for no reason at all just intrigued with their TV programmes and also music from DPRK

[@izzatfauzimustafa6535]

These days, when a TV channel stops broadcasting at midnight, it usually means the TV station is cutting operating costs.

[@777tomcatlhw]

Hope you see this! I saw a photo of the statues outside of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, which feature a man holding a grenade in his mouth. Do you have any more information on that particular figure or the statues more generally? Thank you!!!

[@himillimeter6231]

as your dedicated about DPRK i choose to subscribe ☝🏽

[@jcfr]

Great video 👍

[@rak007rak008]

Can you please make video on how local people shop. If there are malls or grocery stores or department stores and such.

[@aznmochibunny]

I'm pretty sure only the capital has any of these things, while rural areas have local outdoor markets.

[@Zhicano]

@@aznmochibunny there are other cities outside of Pyongyang

[@thaismagalhaes5928]

Can you do a video focusing on all the channels individually? And also a video about North Korea radio stations?

[@erneliatt]

Can you do newspapers and magazines next? I think DPRK newspapers are a very interesting topic to cover.

[@robertcameron2808]

A great little video.

[@worldchess2082]

Very interesting. Thank you

[@tinybirdnamedtoast5915]

5:00 absolute banger

[@johnrusselljr89]

I was on DMZ AREA 50YRS AGO! I PRAY FOR BOTH SIDES FOR GOD TO BLESS!

[@AniMageNeBy]

Was actually quite interesting. You seldom see such in-depth-details of the normal life or workings of North Korea.

[@TheDurnans]

I'd like to see a video from Hyon-ni, east of Sepo. It seems like a rural area with an airfield. What does the rural part of the DPRK look like in the SE part of the country, off the beaten path?

[@froilanamielvivas6452]

My request: Election and Voting in DPRK Explained

[@thebenefactor6744]

I really like watching "Good Morning Pyongyang" with Kim Lee Park, and Kathy-Lee Park Kim.

[@KnockinOnYourDoor]

Can you make a video about north korean arcades or maybe funfairs? That'd be great! As always, great video!

[@ThatOneLeo22]

I love this channel, it helps me understand the DPRK better, and as a person who's favorite country is the DPRK just because of how interesting it is, this channel is very helpful, and this video is also very helpful, since I've watched the KCTV broadcast for a year now, and I knew about the other channels, but I never knew they had their own broadcasting service, such progress for the DPRK! Anyway, great video, can't wait to see more!

[@skullfc4215]

The 90s graphic are something else

[@JayROwen]

So DPRK are still using a analogue broadcasting? I'm curious, is it possible to pick up TV signals from other countries inside North Korea? I'd imagine they have ways to block those types of signals getting in and probably have a ban on satellite dishes.

[@physics77guy]

its the same as PTV in pakistan and Doordarshan in India used to be... but more similar to PTV from 30 years back

[@JordanBahrPian-UkePlayer]

Can KCTV’s news department interrupt regular programming for breaking news, or do they wait until newstime to share it?

[@100Kakdela]

One of the best videos! Please make more videos covering the everyday life in North Korea. It is very interesting to watch.

[@judahfriedman8516]

You should make a video on the structure of the DPRK's government.

[@erickverbiesen6577]

Could you do some research about North-Korean agriculture? I was wondering if they still practice Korean Nature Farming on a large scale, and other things, like how it has changed over time, because the FAO is not a clear source.

[@someonee3186]

DPRK explained ,is it possible to know what the title of the song that was used within the first 10 seconds of this video?

[@강원도감자0121]

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[@eikcajloinob7705]

Ooohhh... What is the title of the song in the last part of the video at 11:09 and 12:09? Can you send me the link? Thank you in advance... :)) This song sounds lovely... Anyway

[@serialshitposter186]

Could you please consider making a video about the “the Song Of Warm Welcome For The Great Leader” This has been used since kim il sung, kim jong il, and kim jong un, as their entrance music. It’s very interesting that a song can be used so much through the whole history of the DPRK.

[@wolfetteplays8894]

It’s like they have their own theme song 😮

[@serialshitposter186]

@@wolfetteplays8894 exactly!

[@kbwalyaus]

I remember when I was a kid in the 80s, there was only one TV channel in my town in Mexico, then in the 90s a couple of channels were added, and at that Internet was not widely used as it is nowadays, not even the cable or satellite tv were common, at least where I lived, now I don't watch TV and less and less people watch TV, so I don't know what is going to be next in NK, are they going to jump from broadcast TV to internet or are they going to jump to cable, satellite?

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

Hotels in North Korea for Foreigners that has cable TV in PAL-D/K format. There’s local North Korean TV, Russian TV channels, Chinese TV channels (CCTV), BBC World News, etc..

[@mikmik9034]

Who may have and where do the people get their TV/Radio receivers from?