Official (and Unofficial) News of Soleimani Killing Spreads in North Korea’s Capital

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Official (and Unofficial) News of Soleimani Killing Spreads in North Korea’s Capital
2020-01-09


A man reads newspapers at a subway station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019.
AP

As news spreads in North Korea’s capital about the U.S. drone strike last weekend that killed Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani, citizens are surprised that North Korea’s media has been so quick to acknowledge the incident.

New modes of accessing news from outside the country have made it difficult for authorities to control what people are allowed to see, so sources say that the country’s coverage of the incident is a clean break from how similar events were reported in the past.

“[The news] is spreading fast among the people,” said a senior official from Pyongyang in an interview with RFA’s Korean Service on Sunday.

Read more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/nk-soleimani-news-pyongyang-01092020115346.html

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