North Korea’s Korea Central Television (KCTV) has been added to the channels carried by the ChinaSat 12 satellite, NK News has learned.

A high-definition and unencrypted KCTV relay has been broadcast on the China Satellite Communications Co.-maintained satellite since at least mid-January, according to a recent Lyngsat update.

ChinaSat 12 also carries the KCBS and Voice of Korea radio stations, Lyngsat says.

The update means that North Korean state television is now being rebroadcast on four satellites across the world and could make it easier to view in South Korea.

When South Korean telecom providers began experimenting with