Rodong Sinmun
Front page on 12 November 2011 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea |
| Publisher | Rodong News Agency |
| Editor-in-chief | Kim Pyong-ho |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Political alignment | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Headquarters | Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Country | North Korea |
| Circulation | 600,000 (as of 2015) |
| Website | rodong |
| Rodong Sinmun | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 로동신문 |
|---|---|
| Hancha | 勞動新聞 |
| Revised Romanization | Rodong Sinmun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Rodong Sinmun |
Rodong Sinmun (IPA: [ɾo.doŋ ɕin.mun]; Korean: 로동신문; lit. labor news) is a North Korean official newspaper of record of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. It was first published on 1 November 1945, as Chŏngro (정로; lit. correct path), serving as a communication channel for the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea; it was renamed in September 1946. Quoted frequently by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and international media, it is regarded as a source of official North Korean viewpoints on many issues.
An English-language version of Rodong Sinmun was launched in January 2012.
The editor-in-chief is Kim Pyong-ho. A list of articles published in Rodong Sinmun since 1946 is available online on the websites of the Information Center on North Korea (unibook.unikorea.go.kr) and the North Korea information portal (nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr).