Chongnyon Jonwi

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Chongnyon Jonwi
TypeDaily newspaper
PublisherSocialist Patriotic Youth League
Editor-in-chiefChoe Sun-chol
Launched17 January 1946; 78 years ago (1946-01-17)
LanguageKorean
CountryNorth Korea
OCLC number1083547640
Websiteyouth.rep.kp Edit this at Wikidata
Chongnyon Jonwi
Chosŏn'gŭl
Hancha
Revised RomanizationCheongnyeon Jeonwi
McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏngnyŏn Chŏnwi

Chongnyon Jonwi (Korean: 청년전위; lit. youth vanguard[1]) is a daily newspaper in North Korea. It is the official organ of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League.[2] It is one of the three most important newspapers in the country, the other two being Rodong Sinmun and Joson Inmingun. Chongnyon Jonwi is particularly known for jointly publishing New Year editorials with the two papers under the rule of Kim Jong-il. Most of its regular articles are commentary on the contents of Rodong Sinmun from a youth perspective. The editor-in-chief is Choe Sun-chol.[3]

History[edit]

The newspaper was first published on 17 January 1946.[4] It was initially published under the title Chongnyon (Youth). It was renamed Minju Chongnyon on the occasion of the Second Congress of the Democratic Youth League of North Korea in September 1946.[2] It got the name Rodong Chongnyon ('working youth') when the Democratic Youth League of Korea was reorganized into the League of Socialist Working Youth of Korea in May 1964.[2][4] The current name, Chongnyon Jonwi was adopted when the youth league became the Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League in January 1996.[2] The league was renamed the Socialist Patriotic Youth League at its Tenth Congress held on 27–28 April 2021.[5]

Chongnyon Jonwi received Order of the National Flag, First Class, for being published through the Korean War without missing an issue. It celebrated its 20,000th issue on 6 February 2017.[6]

Content[edit]

Chongnyon Jonwi is published daily and is a national newspaper.[1][7] It is the organ of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League. It carries travelogues, memoirs, essays, and other kinds of articles.[2] Its mission is to instill the Juche ideology, loyalty to the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and leaders of North Korea in the country's youth. Most articles are commentary on articles in Rodong Sinmun from a youth perspective.[4]

The newspaper is particularly known for being one of three newspapers that used to jointly publish New Year addresses under the rule of Kim Jong-il, who had broken with the tradition of delivering them to live audiences.[8] The first such editorial was in 1995 and the last one in 2012.[9] The other two newspapers were Rodong Sinmun, the organ of the WPK, and Joson Inmingun, the newspaper of the Korean People's Army (KPA). Because the WPK, KPA, and the youth league are the three most important organizations in the country, their newspapers are the three most influential papers,[10] although according to Fyodor Tertitskiy of NK News: "objectively speaking, Chongnyon Chonwi is not nearly as significant as the other two publications".[8]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hassig, Ralph; Oh, Kongdan (16 April 2015). The Hidden People of North Korea: Everyday Life in the Hermit Kingdom. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-4422-3719-3.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Chongnyon Jonwi". Naenara. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. ^ "DPRK State Media Seminar Held". North Korea Leadership Watch. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Understanding North Korea. Seoul: Research and Development Division, Institute for Unification Education. 2017. pp. 271–272. OCLC 1013975057.
  5. ^ "10th Congress of Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League Closes". KCNA. 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021 – via KCNA Watch.
  6. ^ "Youth Paper Observes Publication of Its 20 000th Issue". KCNA. 6 February 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Alt URL
  7. ^ "Mass Media Organs". Naenara. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  8. ^ a b Tertitskiy, Fyodor (29 December 2017). "How to interpret Kim Jong Un's New Year's address". NK News. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Analysis of Kim Jong-un's 2015 New Year's Speech". Ministry of Unification. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  10. ^ Dong, Wonmo (8 July 2016). The Two Koreas and the United States: Issues of Peace, Security and Economic Cooperation: Issues of Peace, Security and Economic Cooperation. New York: Taylor & Francis. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-1-315-50067-6.

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