Korean Journalists' Union

The Korean Journalists' Union (Korean: 조선기자동맹) is a North Korean organization for journalists. Founded on 10 February 1946,[2] it is a member of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea.[3] It is considered an important institution of the country.[4] Membership is mandatory for all North Korean journalists.[2] The union is led by its central committee, currently headed by Kim Song-guk.[4] It is based in the capital, Pyongyang.[5] The union has published its journal, Journalists' Anthology (기자작품집) since 1960.[6]

Korean Journalists' Union

Founded	10 February 1946 (1946-02-10)
Journal	Journalists' Anthology
Affiliation	Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea
Key people	Chairman of the Central Committee Kim Song-guk
Office location	Pyongyang
Country	North Korea

Korean Journalists' Union
Chosŏn'gŭl	조선기자동맹
Hancha	朝鮮記者同盟
Revised Romanization	Joseon gija dongmaeng
McCune–Reischauer	Chosŏn kija tongmaeng
[1]

The union was a member of the now-defunct International Organization of Journalists.[5]

Spokesman of the Korean Friendship Association, Alejandro Cao de Benós, was certified an honorary journalist of the union in 2008.[7]

See also

• Media of North Korea

References

1. 조선기자동맹(朝鮮記者同盟). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
2. Lent, John A. (1982). Newspapers in Asia: Contemporary Trends and Problems. Hong Kong: Heinemann Asia. p. 127. ISBN 978-962-225-079-6.
3. 조국통일민주주의전선(祖國統一民主主義戰線). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
4. Mansourov, Alexandre Y. (June 2004). "Inside North Korea's Black Box: Reversing the Optics" (PDF). North Korean Policy Elites. Alexandria: Institute for Defense Analyses. Table IV–8. OCLC 74273082.
5. Directory of the International Organization of Journalists (IOJ) (PDF). Washington: CIA. 15 May 1961. p. 9. CIA-RDP78-00915R001300090004-4.
6. "Kija chakp'um chip. (Journal, magazine, 1959)". WorldCat. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
7. "스페인에 '평양카페' 차렸습네다~". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

Further reading

• Kim Jong-il (2014) [2001]. "Journalists and Other Men of the Pen Are Ideological Standard-bearers Who Staunchly Champion Our Ideology, Our System and Our Cause: Letter to the Participants in the Eighth Congress of the Journalists Union of Korea" (PDF). Kim Jong Il: Selected Works. 15. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. pp. 194–205. OCLC 28335004.