Editing Rodong Sinmun (section)

{{Short description|Official newspaper of North Korea}}
{{Distinguish|Rodongja Sinmun}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Rodong Sinmun
| logo = Rodong Sinmun.png
| image = Rodong sinmun frontpage.jpg
| image_size = 240
| caption = Front page on 12 November 2011
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| foundation = 1945
| owners = [[Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea]]
| publisher = Rodong News Agency
| chiefeditor = [[Kim Pyong-ho]]
| publishing_country = North Korea
| circulation = 600,000
| circulation_date = 2015
| circulation_ref = <ref name="rfa._Nort">{{Cite web | title = North Korea Ramps Up Circulation of National Daily | author1 = Sung-hui Moon | author2 = Yunju Kim | author3 = Roseanne Gerin | agency = [[Radio Free Asia]] | date = 2015-04-27 | access-date = 2015-04-28 | url = http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/north-korea-ramps-up-circulation-of-national-daily-04272015155756.html | archive-date = 2023-09-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230916232546/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/north-korea-ramps-up-circulation-of-national-daily-04272015155756.html/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
| political = [[Workers' Party of Korea]]
| headquarters = [[Pyongyang]], North Korea
| website = {{official URL}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
|title=''Rodong Sinmun''
|context=north
|hangul=로동신문
|hanja=勞動新聞
|rr=Rodong Sinmun
|mr=Rodong Sinmun
}}
[[File:Laika ac Rodong Shinmun Office (12196828873).jpg|thumb|''Rodong Sinmun'' office in [[Pyongyang]]]]

'''''Rodong Sinmun''''' ({{IPA|ko|ɾo.doŋ ɕin.mun|IPA}}; {{Korean|hangul=로동신문|lit=labor news|context=north}}) is a North Korean [[ official newspaper of record]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Em |first=Pavel P. |last2=Ward |first2=Peter |date=2021-01-01 |title=City profile: Is Pyongyang a post-socialist city? |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0264275120312981 |journal=Cities |volume=108 |pages=102950 |doi=10.1016/j.cities.2020.102950 |issn=0264-2751|url-access=subscription }}</ref> of the [[Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea]]. It was first published on 1 November 1945, as '''''Chŏngro''''' ({{korean|hangul=정로|hanja=正路|context=north|lit=correct path}}), serving as a communication channel for the [[North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea]]; it was renamed in September 1946. Quoted frequently by the [[Korean Central News Agency]] (KCNA) and international media, it is regarded as a source of official North Korean viewpoints on many issues.

An English-language version of ''Rodong Sinmun'' was launched in January 2012.<ref>{{cite news | first = Young-jin | last = Kim | title = NK's main paper launches English website | date = 2012-01-11 | url = https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/01/116_102681.html | work=[[The Korea Times]] | access-date = 2012-01-11 | archive-date = 2019-07-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190726183525/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/01/116_102681.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

The editor-in-chief is [[Kim Pyong-ho]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2nd Plenary Session of the 7th WPK Central Committee Held |work=North Korea Leadership Watch |date=8 October 2017 |access-date=24 January 2019 |url=http://www.nkleadershipwatch.org/2017/10/08/2nd-plenary-session-of-the-7th-wpk-central-committee-held/ |archive-date=26 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726183530/http://www.nkleadershipwatch.org/2017/10/08/2nd-plenary-session-of-the-7th-wpk-central-committee-held/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A list of articles published in ''Rodong Sinmun'' since 1946 is available online on the websites of the [[Information Center on North Korea]] (unibook.unikorea.go.kr) and the North Korea information portal (nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr).<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210514005300325|title= Article lists of Rodong Sinmun available online: ministry|work=[[Yonhap News Agency]]|date= May 14, 2021|access-date= May 14, 2021|archive-date= May 14, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210514165656/https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210514005300325|url-status= live}}</ref>