Korean Journalists' Union

Korean Journalists' Union

Founded	11 October 1946 (1946-10-11)[1]
Headquarters	Pyongyang
Location	North Korea
Key people	Chairman of the Central Committee Cha seung soo[2]
Publication	Journalists' Anthology

Korean Journalists' Union
Chosŏn'gŭl	조선기자동맹
Hancha	朝鮮記者同盟
Revised Romanization	Joseon gija dongmaeng
McCune–Reischauer	Chosŏn kija tongmaeng
[3]

The Korean Journalists' Union (Korean: 조선기자동맹) is a North Korean organization for journalists. Founded on 11 October 1946.[1] It is considered an important institution of the country.[4] Membership is mandatory for all North Korean journalists.[5] The union is led by its central committee.[4] It is based in the capital, Pyongyang.[6] The union has published its journal, Journalists' Anthology (기자작품집) since 1960.[7]

The union was a member of the now-defunct International Organization of Journalists.[6]

Spokesman of the Korean Friendship Association, Alejandro Cao de Benós, was certified an honorary journalist of the union in 2008.[8]

History

After its foundation in 1946,the first National journalist conference was held in a youth club in Pyongyang.and the second conference was held in the Moranbong club in 1957.Third conference was held in the party conference room in 1968, and conference was held at the People's Palace of Culture in 1979[1]

It was a member of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea[9] until its dissolution in 2024.[10]

List of historic heads of the central committee

• Lee Sung bok(1985–)[11]
• Hyon chun guk(–1995) [3]
• Kim chol myong[3]
• Kim Song Guk(2001-Before 2007)[12]
• Choi Chilnam(2007-sometime before 2013)[13]
• Hwang Yongbo(before 2013–2014)[13]
• Cha seung soo(2014–)

See also

• Media of North Korea
• Journalists Association of Korea – a journalists' association in South Korea

References

1. "북조선기자동맹". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
2. "北 기자동맹 위원장에 차승수 소개". Daily NK.
3. 조선기자동맹(朝鮮記者同盟). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 7 October 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. Lent, John A. (1982). Newspapers in Asia: Contemporary Trends and Problems. Hong Kong: Heinemann Asia. p. 127. ISBN 978-962-225-079-6.
6. Directory of the International Organization of Journalists (IOJ) (PDF). Washington: CIA. 15 May 1961. p. 9. CIA-RDP78-00915R001300090004-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2017.
7. Kija chakp'um chip. (Journal, magazine, 1959). OCLC 502400730. Retrieved 7 October 2019 – via WorldCat.
8. "스페인에 '평양카페' 차렸습네다~". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
9. 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.
10. "Longstanding N. Korean unification-oriented front dissolves itself, saying there's 'no need' for it". The Hankyoreh. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
11. "이성복 노동당 중앙위 서기실장 사망". nkchosun.
12. "북한 풍향계". Seoul Shinmun.
13. "北 기자동맹 위원장 차승수로 교체 확인".

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. Vol. 15. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. pp. 194–205. OCLC 28335004.