Media News - Tuesday, April 01, 2008

First North Korea magazine starts with reporters inside country

The first magazine about North Korea reported by North Koreans from inside the country will start publishing a Japanese version this week to try to force change in one of the most isolated countries in the world. Rimjin-gang, the name of a river that flows between North and South Korea, will feature reports on North Korea only using accounts from people based in the country, Jiro Ishimaru, a Japanese journalist who founded the magazine, said in an interview. The magazine uses reports from refugees who agreed to go back to North Korea and report on conditions there, Ishimaru said. They were given cameras to record life in the country. Material for the magazine is smuggled out of North Korea and delivered to editorial staff in Osaka, Ishimaru, who has covered the country for nearly two decades and is author of the ``The North Koreans,'' said. The Japanese-language magazine, which will be published quarterly, will go on sale on April 3 every three months and an English version will start in June. A Korean-language version started publishing last year. (Bloomberg)

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