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.
- Date
- September 9, 2017
- Period
- Contemporary
- Made by
- Rodong Sinmun (Workers' Party of Korea organ), posted on a reading stand in Puhung Station, Pyongyang Metro
- Region
- East Asia
- Country
- North Korea
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- Party
- Leader
- Kim Jong UN
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Techniques
- Manufactured consensus
- Leader
- Kim Jong Un
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Openly licensed (CC BY-SA 4.0, per Wikimedia Commons)
魯班, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Text on the object
로동신문 우리 공화국은 주체의 사회주의강국으로 끝없이 륭성번영할것이다
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.
