Television in North Korea

Television in North Korea (officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is subject to the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee and controlled by the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea, which control all television channels broadcast in North Korea. A study in 2017 found that 98% of households had a television set. As of 2020, there are over-the-air broadcasts in both analogue and recently launched digital formats. Television officially started in North Korea with the launch of Korean Central Television on 3 March 1963, which remains the primary channel. North Korea currently uses the PAL system for analog broadcasts and DVB for digital, which makes receiving (particularly) South Korean and Chinese television signals difficult for most North Koreans.

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