Rodong Sinmun is the North Korean official newspaper of record of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Front page on 12 November 2011
Rodong Sinmun office in Pyongyang
The Workers' Party of Korea is the ruling party of North Korea. Founded in 1949 from a merger between the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea, the WPK is the oldest act
Rodong Sinmun
…Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Publisher Rodong News Agency Editor-in-chief Kim Pyong-ho Founded 1 November 1945 Political alignment Workers' Party of Korea Headquarters Pyongyang, North Korea Country North Korea Circulation 600,000 (as of 2015) Website rodong.rep.kp/en/ Media of North Korea List of newspapers…
Propaganda mosaic depicting Kim Il Sung's first public speech given in Pyongyang in September 1945, after the liberation of Korea from Japanese occupation.
Although Kim Jong Il headed the WPK with no pretence of following the party rules, it was revitalized at the 3rd Conference at the end of his rule.
The Monument to Party Founding in Pyongyang, erected in 1995
Kim Jong Un became the leader of the party following his father's death in 2011.