Hello! There is a new livestream available for Pyongyang FM Pangsong (?? FM ??)
in Korean and Voice of Korea (VoK) in Russian:
The
broadcasts in Russian are not according to VoK's shortwave schedule as they are
aired at the following hours Moscow Time:
00.30, 03.30, 06.30, 09.30, 12.30,
15.30, 18.30, 21.30; at all other times Pyongyang FM Pangsong is
heard
There is another independent livestream available on YouTube:
The latter is
powered by the DPRK Solidarity Group in Russia:
All these new activities
are no doubt the fruition of the new landline
internet link between North
Korea and Russia (both countries share a
common border in the far Northeast
of Korea):
In North Korea
itself there is a state-of-the-art optical fibre cable
intranet available
which is rapidly expanding. During my last stay in
North Korea (May/June
2016) I pointed out that it would be favourable
for the North Koreans to have
another link to the WorldWideWeb through
Russia in order to gain more
reliable access to the WWW (hitherto the
one and only connection has been the
Sinuiju/Dandong link, PR of China).
So now it bears fruit! :-) Vy 73s +
best wishes, (Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany, Oct 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
