Korean Central Broadcasting Committee (KCBC) – State Media Monitor https://statemediamonitor.com Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:19:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://statemediamonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Studio-32x32.jpg Korean Central Broadcasting Committee (KCBC) – State Media Monitor https://statemediamonitor.com 32 32 Korean Central Broadcasting Committee (KCBC) https://statemediamonitor.com/2025/08/korean-central-broadcasting-committee-kcbc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=korean-central-broadcasting-committee-kcbc Sun, 10 Aug 2025 11:29:00 +0000 https://statemediamonitor.com/?p=2059 The Korean Central Broadcasting Committee (KCBC)—formally known as the Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (조선중앙방송위원회)—serves as North Korea’s principal state broadcast authority.

Media assets

Television: Korean Central Television (KCTV), Ryongnamsan Television, Kaesong Television, Sport Television

Radio: Korean Central Broadcasting Station, Voice of Korea

News agency: Korea Central News Agency (KCNA)

State Media Matrix Typology

State-Controlled (SC)

KCBC operates under the auspices of the State Affairs Commission (SAC), the DPRK’s supreme policy-making entity, firmly under the control of Kim Jong‑un. Personnel appointments and directives for KCBC are orchestrated by the Propaganda and Agitation Department (PAD) of the Workers’ Party of Korea, underscoring its role as a central cog in the regime’s ideological machinery.

August 2025

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