I love reading about North Korea, it naturally sickens me to think of their human rights violations and other atrocities, but the fact that they are such an isolated nation with some pretty wonderous architecture leads me to search out any bit of information I can find coming out of the country. So to be able to witness their mis-information machine in motion is even more interesting. Enter the Korean Central News Agency, which is the state-run propaganda machine of the DPRK, founded in 1946 and the sole creator and distributor of ‘news’ within the DPRK. They transmit their news in several languages and appear to have ties to a foreign news agency in Japan who re-publishes their news on the internet for all of us to witness.

Some choice quotes and links to articles after the jump…

One interesting piece of breaking news:

“Tragic Story” about Record Death Toll of U.S. Army

Pyongyang, July 18 (KCNA) — The Korean war (June 1950 - July 1953) claimed record casualties of the U.S. invaders compared with the number of the mobilized armed forces. A Japanese book “Has U.S. been defeated?” says the casualty rate of the “UN Forces” runs into 40-60 percent which surpasses that of U.S. forces (7.5 percent) and German forces (55.8 percent) in the Second World War.

Uh-huh…and…

People Called upon to Have Strong Faith in Sure Victory of Socialism and Optimism about It

Pyongyang, July 18 (KCNA) — To have strong faith in the sure victory of socialism and optimism about it serves as a source of inexhaustible strength to win victory despite all sorts of difficulties and trials, says Rodong Sinmun Tuesday in a signed article. The past 10-odd years of stand-off with the U.S. has been a period in which the Korean people’s faith in the sure victory of socialism and optimism about it have been strikingly manifested, the article says…

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