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ISHIMARU Jiro
(Chief Editor and Publisher)

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Rimjin-gang: The first-ever independent publication in the world written directly by people of North Korea. Compiled by ASIAPRESS International. [Release Note]
  RELEASE & REPORT
 
   

[NEW] Kim Jong-unfs Reputation Suffers as It Becomes Harder to Make Ends Meet
Putting on a Show to Enhance Authority with the Military Writing the Script Has the Side Effect of Leaving a Bad Impression on the Global Community
...more>>>


    [NEW] To Be Honest, the People of North Korea Couldnft Care Less
Rumours that gOne Rocket Launch is Worth Three Years of Foodh --- Kim Jong-unfs Reputation Remains Poor
more>>>

    Mass Starvations Occurring in the Breadbasket [pdf]
Tens of Thousands May Be Dead
--- Also Reports of Cannibalism
A serious situation arose in the Hwanghae Provinces in the southwestern part of North Korea from the beginning of 2012. more>>

 
  "I Want to Keep Reporting Till the Moment I Die"
A message from Gu Gwang-ho, North Korean Reporter Gu is currently living in Pyongyan, and continues his undercover reporting... more>>
 

Rimjin-gang iPad App Launched
ASIAPRESS would like to announce the release for the "iPad edition" of the Rimjin-gang News from inside North Korea (the first English Edition). Thiswill be the first-ever iPad App on North Korea that all reports made by North Koreans inside the DPRK!
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Rimjin-gang Digital Archives
Reports [
PDF download
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* IT and cellphone situation in DPRK
* Starving People's Army Soldiers
.
more >>

  Why is there a Food Shortage Crisis in the Breadbasket Region of Hwanghae? (PART3)
TLet us continue the analysis of the causes of the food shortage in Hwanghae from last time. The reason people are starving to death in...more >>

  <Photo Report 5> Malnutrition Rampant Among The Peoplefs Army
In a small square near the market, a group of around ten young men, all soldiers, are sitting; all look seriously debilitated. Their cheeks are sunken; arms, legs and...more >>

   The Testimony of a Starving Soldier: gHalf of us are malnourishedh In March, I visited an area in North Pyongan Province. I spoke to two young soldiers. Their lapel pins show they belong to a cadet troop. more >>
 

A 23 year-old homeless woman found dead
This 23 year-old homeless woman was found dead in a corn field in October, 2010. She died of starvation. Reporter Kim Dong-cheol tells us that gthe number of homeless and suicides have greatly increasedh ... ... more >>

  YouTube/Rimjin-gang - LEE Jun Story
  "At the moment, Ifm alone. But maybe my actions will cause a spark that will lead to change in North Korea..."
(FOOTAGE COPYRIGHT/ASIAPRESS)
Link to Rimjin-gang/YouTube >>
  Coverage - Map DPRK
  Latest News and Events 
(contains external links)
  2013/Apr/04
Wall Street Journal
"Signs of North Korea Easing Off War Message at Home" by ALEXANDER MARTIN >>
  [2013/Apr/01
teinteresa
Kim Jong Un amenaza al mundo mientras ya hay familias que se comen entre ellas por hambre>>
  2013/Feb/05
Thw Washington Post
"The Cannibals of North Korea"
by Max Fisher >>
  2013/Jan/28
The Independent
"North Korean cannibalism fears amid claims starving people forced to desperate measures " by Bob Williams >>
  2012/Dec/19
The Australian
"Footage shows North Korea famine" by Rick Wallace
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  2012/Jul/27
Wall Street Journal
"Mobile Phones Proliferate in North Korea" by ALEXANDER MARTIN >>
2012/Mar/02
Investigative Reporting Workshop(American University School of Communication)

video + interview >>
2012/Feb/23
The Foreign Correspondents' Club(Tokyo) "After Kim Jong-Il ? What Next for North Korea", by ISHIMARU Jiro>>
  2012/Feb/20
Rimjin-gang Japanese Edition
6th Issue Released
>> (Japanese)
 
  2011/Aug/08
New York Times
"The Black Hole of North Korea" by ISAAC STONE FISH (USA) >>
  2011/July/03
"Tribute to brave North Korean journalist"
by ELIZABETH JACKSON
ABC(Australia) >>
  [TV](Japan) 2011/Jun/16
Foodshortge:Kim Dong-cheol reports(TV Asahi)
 
  2011/Jun/15
"N Korean children begging, army starving"
by Mark Willacy
ABC(Australia) >>
[2011/June/08
Foreign Policy
" Pyongyang Spring"
by Sebastioan Strangio>>
2011/May/12
The Economist
Hunger in North Korea
Let them eat maize husks
(USA)>>
  2011/Apr/12
NPR
"North Korea's Pleas For Food Aid Draw Suspicion"
by Louisa Lim(USA) >>
2011/Jan/20
The Economist
Not the Pyongyang Times
"Journalism that carries the death penalty" (USA) >>
  Part of Rimjin-gang Video Reports Coming Up on YouTube >>>
FootageCopyright:ASIAPRESS
  2010/November/15 "North Korea's Citizen journalism"/Joanna Chiu/The Nation(USA) >>
   2010/November/15 "News with a genuine North Korea dateline"/Bob Dietz CPJ(USA) >>
    2010/November/2
Undercover North magazine now in English
/The Japan Times (Japan) >>
  2010/October/19
"A Free Press Stirs in North Korea" Wall Street Journal(USA) >>>
  USA 2010/Oct/18- Conference and photo exhibition in New York with University of New York >>
  [RELEASE] 2010/October/15 Rimjin-gang English Edition First Issue Released >>
  [TV](Japan) 2010/Aug/17 "Redenomination Fall Down"/Rimjin-gang(Houdou-Station/TV Asahi)
  Photo exhibition(Tokyo/Japan)
Daily images of DPRK - Chang Jeong-gil 2009/April/9
  Washington Post runs Rimjin-gang: Part of Chang Jeong-gil story LINK >>
   
  [TV](Japan) 2009/Jan/25 Pyongyang Backstreet"/Rimjin-gang (Sunday-Project/TV Asahi)
  [TV](Japan) 2009/Jan/08 "Behind the economic reform- Rimjin-gang reports"(Houdou-station/TV Asahi)
  [TV](South Korea)
2008/Nov/28 In Depth 60 Minutes "Realities of North Korea" -Rimjin-gang reporters (KBS-1)
 

Hardcover Edition 495 Pages
with more than 180 photos(B&W) SIZE:
9.1X6.1X1 inch
ISBN 978-4-904399-05-7
      ASIAPRESS Publishing
  The Making of Rimjin-gang
In producing the first-ever independent publication in the world written directly by people of North Korea, our editing team has put a lot of thought into how to express to the world the lives and the thoughts of average North Korean citizens, along with the reality of their hardships. Read more >>
  About Our Team - ASIAPRESS and Rimjin-gang  
  Based on our successful reporting in North Korea, in 2007 ASIAPRESS began publishing a magazine entitled gNews from Inside North Korea "Rimjin-gangh in Korean and Japanese.
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  Profiles of Our North Korean Journalists
PROFILES of North Korean jornalists and reporters; Inside DPRK,the most isolated country in the world, North Koreans cover the stories risking their lives....
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  column - pick up
  North Korean journalist, Lee Jun Story
"I want everyone to see a true picture of our peoplefs real, unvarnished lives "
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Voices from inside North Korea
ISHIMARU Jiro(Chief Editor)The inauguration of the Rimjin-gang is also a totally new experience for North Korean people.

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   Rimjin-gang Reviews & Quotes- World Media  
  The launch of Rimjin-gang -
Media Reviews
"Emergence of journalists in DPRK - Remarkable steps for people of North Korea and journalism of the world"
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