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Seung-Yeon Chung
Seung-Yeon Chung is a state media specialist at NK News. She previously worked in the Department of Unification and Foreign Ministry at Korean Broadcast System (KBS).
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News North Korea airs dramatic new Korean War film in push to lionize Russia ties‘72 Hours’ falsely blames South for starting war and stresses close relations with Moscow as they cooperate over Ukraine North Korean state television aired a new film about the early days of the Korean War to ring in 2025, presenting a distorted historical account of close ties with Moscow that appears aimed at promoting the DPRK’s current military partnership with Russia. The film titled “72 Hours” ran in two parts on Korean Central Television (KCTV) on Thursday and Friday, following its premiere in local theaters in Feb. 2024. It marks the first new movie broadcast in the country in nearly a year, after “One Day and One Night” aired on state TV on New Year’s Day 2024. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |