According to a 2011 report on North Korean susceptibility to outside media, radio and DVDs are the most common way for normal North Koreans to hear media from the outside world.
North Korean media coverage of Kim Jong-un has passed through several stages since December.
The North Korean media are full of images of military preparedness, he adds, intended to rally people behind the leadership.
The State Security Department has existed for years but was not mentioned by the North Korean media until 1987.
It was the first government criticism of Park to be reported by major North Korean media since her Dec. 19 election.
North African media have described Abou al-Barra as the one of the most effective commanders of the Al-Mulathameen Brigade that is led by Belmoktar.
North Korean media also reported that he watched volleyball and basketball games between Kim Il Sung University of Politics and Kim Il Sung Military University.
North Korean media has also been vitriolic against the South.
In October 2010, Kim Jong Eun's first public image was released by North Korean state media.
The Perceptive Radio, produced by the corporation's Future Media North Lab, is thought to be a world first.
North Korean state media reported on Sunday that Mr Kim had "advanced specific tasks to the officials concerned".
As with his predecessors, North Korean state media has portrayed Kim Jong-un as a young man with extraordinary capabilities.
In North America, media sales were up 13%, electronics and general merchandise was up 24% and other was up 68%.
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According to North Korean state media, Mr Kim pledged a "powerful retaliatory strike" if the US-South Korean exercises intruded on North Korean territory.
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In general, the North's media praised the two Kims for taking the first step towards reconciliation and the eventual unification of the divided nation.
But North Korean state media have in recent days reported several visits by leader Kim Jong-un to military units near the disputed western maritime border, including near Yeonpyeong island.
Mr. Bae entered Rason, a North Korean special economic zone bordering China and Russia, with a tour group in November and was detained soon afterward, according to North Korean state media.
The North's leader, Kim Jong-un, called for the development and launching of "a variety of more working satellites" and "carrier rockets of bigger capacity" at a banquet to mark the launch on Friday, North Korean state media reported.
On Sunday, North Korean state media reported commentary from a spokesman for Pyongyang's top decision-making entity, the National Defense Commission, that represented some of the most aggressive criticism of Ms. Park from the North since she took office in February.
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The North's official media continue to insist that the country wants to resume talks with America.
Mr. Kim's sister began to appear frequently in photos issued by the North's state media only last year.
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The North's official media has called the new online TV channel "psychological warfare" and declared its launch an "act of aggression".
In a statement carried by state media, North Korea said it was prepared to discuss with the businessmen how normal operations could be resumed.
Activists across the Middle East and North Africa used social media platforms Twitter and Facebook to spread news and disseminate their opinions, usually at great risk.
The announcement by the country's top censor that all censorship would stop in a country with perhaps the most stultifying media outside North Korea suggested a government keen to change its image.
Mr. Hong said the North Korean officials at the complex were cooperative during the final pullout, but the North's state media slammed the South over the closing of the Kaesong complex.
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For years Korean movies have been subject to the same stringent thought control as other media: North Korean agents are portrayed as fanatical buffoons, goofy in their thick, dimwitted accents and murderous in their actions.
"From the perspective of people watching, two cars filled with innocent people were shot at in what to a lot of people looked like street justice than police procedure, " said Karen North, a social media expert and psychologist at the University of Southern California.
The statement and North Korea's state media did not say what the two leaders will discuss.
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