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'''''Daily NK''''' is a [[Republic of Korea|south Korean]] [[Bourgeois media|propaganda outlet]] funded by the [[National Endowment for Democracy|NED]], a front group of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. It publishes articles in Chinese, English, and Korean. It is often a source for other Western bourgeois media outlets such as [[CNBC]], [[Cable News Network|CNN]], [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]], and ''[[The New York Times]]''. Because ''Daily NK'' pays informants more for more sensational stories, even the southern government has admitted it publishes a "flood of raw, unconfirmed reports."<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[Alan MacLeod]]|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Unreliable Sources: News on North Korea, Brought to You by the CIA|date=2023-10-03|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-daily-nk-news-north-korea-brought-by-cia/285873/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006154847/https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-daily-nk-news-north-korea-brought-by-cia/285873/|archive-date=2023-10-06}}</ref>
'''''Daily [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea|NK]]''''' is a [[Republic of Korea|South Korean]] [[Bourgeois media|propaganda outlet]] funded by the [[National Endowment for Democracy]], an offshoot of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. It publishes articles in [[English language|English]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]], and [[Korean language|Korean]]. It's often used as a source by other [[Imperial core|Western]] bourgeois media outlets such as ''[[CNBC]]'', [[Cable News Network|''CNN'']], [[Fox News Channel|''Fox News'']], and ''[[The New York Times]]''. Because ''Daily NK'' pays informants more for more [[Sensationalism|sensational]] stories, even the South Korean government admits that it publishes a "flood of raw, unconfirmed reports."<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[Alan MacLeod]]|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Unreliable Sources: News on North Korea, Brought to You by the CIA|date=2023-10-03|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-daily-nk-news-north-korea-brought-by-cia/285873/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006154847/https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-daily-nk-news-north-korea-brought-by-cia/285873/|archive-date=2023-10-06}}</ref>


== Funding ==
== Funding ==
As early as 2011, the [[Government of the United States of America|U.S. government]] gave ''Daily NK'' hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. One of ''Daily NK''<nowiki/>'s biggest sponsors is the NED, which gave it $1.97 million between 2016 and 2020.<ref name=":0" />
As early as 2011, ''Daily NK'' was receiving hundreds of thousands of [[United States dollar|US dollars]] per year from the [[Government of the United States of America|United States government]]. One of ''Daily NK''<nowiki/>'s biggest sponsors is the NED, which gave it nearly $2 million dollars between 2016 and 2020.<ref name=":0" />


== See also ==
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 19:03, 7 October 2023


Daily NK is a South Korean propaganda outlet funded by the National Endowment for Democracy, an offshoot of the CIA. It publishes articles in English, Chinese, and Korean. It's often used as a source by other Western bourgeois media outlets such as CNBC, CNN, Fox News, and The New York Times. Because Daily NK pays informants more for more sensational stories, even the South Korean government admits that it publishes a "flood of raw, unconfirmed reports."[1]

Funding[edit | edit source]

As early as 2011, Daily NK was receiving hundreds of thousands of US dollars per year from the United States government. One of Daily NK's biggest sponsors is the NED, which gave it nearly $2 million dollars between 2016 and 2020.[1]

See also[edit | edit source]

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