Update 10/03/2017: At around 1738 KST, the male anchor of the state-run broadcaster Korean Central Television (KCTV) read the same statement uploaded on Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) earlier in the day.

North Korean state-run media covered the South Korean Constitutional Court’s final judgment on the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye on Friday, with coverage that was exceptional both in its timeliness and its evenhandedness.

“According to the reports from Seoul, the ‘Constitutional Court’ pronounced the impeachment of Park Geun-hye on (March) 10 amid ongoing mass struggle of South Korean peopled demanding the impeachment of Park Geun-hye,” Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Friday.