Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Jang Jin-sung" in English language version.
North Korean state news organ, KCNA, saying it would "remove my existence from this universe."
He says he was one of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's favorite propaganda artists, singing the praises of the Dear Leader in dozens of poems. But these days Jang Jin-sung says he prefers to tell the truth about North Korea.
New Focus International is distinctive in two ways: • it offers North Korea reporting and analysis rooted in first-hand experience of the country's workings; • and maintains direct, independent access to sources within the economic and power structures of the DPRK. But as of August 5th, 2023 the website is dead the magazine appears to be no more.
Jang Jin-sung is North Korea's former poet laureate under Kim Jong Il, and is now Editor-in-chief of New Focus International.
