KCNA deletes and edits Jang Song Thaek articles en masse

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KCNA deletes and edits Jang Song Thaek articles en masse

Media deletes all references to Jang Song Thaek

Chad O'Carroll December 13, 2013

KCNA

North Korea's state media outlet Korea Central News Agency has deleted every single article about Jang Song Thaek from their website database and edited his name out of all other articles mentioning him.

In total, 10-15 articles on Jang were deleted, with approximately 500 other articles mentioning Jang's name edited to remove Jang's name specifically.

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Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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