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This is the oldest and main television channel in North Korea, and it started regular broadcasting in 1963. As of 2017, it is the only North Korean TV channel broadcasting to the outside world via satellite television and IPTV aside from domestic transmissions. On satellite, KCTV is available in standard definition as well as in Full HD. [10]
In the year 2016, North Korea conducted two nuclear tests: one in January and the other in September. Additionally, the country conducted several missile tests. As consequence, the United Nations Security Council adopted three resolutions against North Korea. The 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was held in May.
[9] [10] At Hanoi, North Korea sought the removal of all significant economic sanctions; in return, it proposed partially reducing its capacity to construct new nuclear weapons, while retaining its existing nuclear arsenal. Trump, meanwhile, offered economic aid to North Korea in exchange for denuclearization. [11]
In 2014, Brazilian humorist Maurício Cid created a fake YouTube channel called "Korea News Backup" that supposedly uploaded videos from North Korean television. During the 2014 FIFA World Cup , the channel posted videos of North Korea defeating the teams from the United States, China, Japan, among others, and winning the championship in a 8-1 ...
Ryongnamsan Television received its current name on September 5, 2012, with a logo reminiscent of the Kim Il Sung University logo and previously broadcast on Channel 9 from the Pyongyang TV Tower on a schedule operating from 19:00 to 22:00 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, [3] and since 2019 has been broadcasting from 18:00 to 22:00 on every weekday. [4]
Xi Jinping visited Kim Jong Un in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on June 20–21, 2019. [17] It was the first official visit by a Chinese leader to the country since Hu Jintao's visit 14 years prior and the first one for Xi personally since his visit to North Korea as Vice President and Politburo Standing Committee member in 2008.
The 2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit, commonly known as the Hanoi Summit, was a two-day summit meeting between North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. president Donald Trump, [1] held at the French Colonial Hôtel Métropole in Hanoi, Vietnam, during February 27–28, 2019.
In July 2015, Mansudae Television ceased broadcasting [4] for unknown reasons. However, two reasons were considered in the Newstopia online edition (South Korea): According to one reason, this step could be taken by the North Korean authorities to restrict the access of Pyongyang residents to foreign content broadcast on the channel.