The Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea[1], also known as the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee and Korean Central Broadcasting , is a state-owned broadcaster of North Korea.
The committee is under the Cabinet of North Korea, but its personnel is chosen and appointed by the Propaganda and Agitation Department (PAD) of the Workers' Party of Korea. The PAD also assigns tasks to the committee. Hwang Yong-bo is the chairman of the committee.[2]
The committee is base in Chonsung-dong, Moranbong District, Pyongyang.[3] It is a member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union.[4] The committee has a sports team in the annual Paektusan Prize Games of Civil Servants.[5]
Services
All three major television stations and 200 radio stations are controlled by the committee. Only the Pyongyang FM Broadcasting Station, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, and the Voice of National Salvation are operated under the United Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea instead. The committee is also owner and operator of the Korean Central News Agency.
Television
- Korean Central Television
Radio
- Korean Central Broadcasting Station (domestic radio network)
- Third Broadcast (cable radio network used for sensitive public announcements)
- Voice of Korea
Notable anchors
- Ri Chun-hee
See also
- Korea Communications Commission
- Censorship in North Korea
- Media of North Korea
- Telecommunications in North Korea
- Radio jamming in Korea
- Television in North Korea
Further reading
External links
References
- ABU Members retrieved 2015-06-08^
- DPRK State Media Seminar Held North Korea Leadership Watch, 8 March 2014, retrieved 17 October 2018^
- Worldwide Government Directory with Intergovernmental Organizations 2013 CQ Press, 2013^
- ABU Members Abu.org.my, retrieved 24 February 2019^
- Ri Sung-ik. Civil servants show skills in annual games The Pyongyang Times, 2017-01-31, retrieved 2017-05-16^