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title: Passenger reading Rodong Sinmun, Puhung Station, Pyongyang Metro (photographed 2017)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rodong-sinmun-reader-puhung-station-2017/
description: A photograph of a man reading a Rodong Sinmun front page posted on a double-leaf stand on the platform of Puhung Station, Pyongyang Metro, 9 September…
section: Collection
---

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# Passenger reading Rodong Sinmun, Puhung Station, Pyongyang Metro (photographed 2017)

A photograph of a man reading a Rodong Sinmun front page posted on a double-leaf stand on the platform of Puhung Station, Pyongyang Metro, 9 September 2017, with a train behind. The masthead is visible and the lead headline asserts that the republic will prosper without end as a juche socialist power. The tell is manufactured consensus through placement: one party-organ page, posted where commuters wait, is the shared text everyone reads.

## Text on the object

Original (Korean) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
로동신문

우리 공화국은 주체의 사회주의강국으로 끝없이 륭성번영할것이다
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Rodong Sinmun

Our Republic will prosper and flourish endlessly as a juche socialist power.
```

Only the masthead and the large lead headline on the right-hand page are legible in the 1280 px file; the smaller headlines and body text are not read. Translation by machine, not verified by a fluent reader.

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