Korea (magazine)
Multi-lingual North Korean magazine
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Korea is a North Korean monthly illustrated socio-political magazine.[5] It has been published since 1956[6] in Russian, Korean, English, French and Chinese.[5][6][7] Previously, it was also published in Spanish, and Arabic.[7][5][6][8]
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| Categories | current affairs,[1] propaganda |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
| Format | 26cm,[2] 50–55 pages[3] Online[2] (PDF) |
| First issue | January 1956 |
| Company | Foreign Languages Publishing House |
| Country | North Korea |
| Based in | Sochong-dong, Sosong District, Pyongyang[4] |
| Language | English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish |
| Website | korean-books korean-books.com.kp |
| ISSN | 0454-4072 |
| OCLC | 8797015 |
The magazine publishes colorfully illustrated author's articles on society, economy, culture and politics of the DPRK.[8]
In culture
In one of Yegor Letov's most famous songs, "Everything is Going according to Plan," there are these lines:[9]
I bought the Korea magazine — it's good there too.
Comrade Kim Il Sung is there, it's the same as ours.
I'm sure they have the same thing. —
And everything is going according to plan.
Criticism
The magazine is often criticized by readers from the post-Soviet space for inaccurate and low-quality translations with an abundance of speech errors and a very specific manner of presentation.[10]