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The Pyongyang Times
The Pyongyang Times is a weekly state-owned English and French-language newspaper published in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, by the Foreign Languages Publishing House. It is the foreign-language edition of the "Pyongyang Sinmun".
History and availability.
The eight-page tabloid was first launched on 6 May 1965 and is distributed in approximately 100 countries. For this reason, its staff are trained in English abroad. The newspaper also runs a website in several languages. Fifty-two
Pyongyang Foreign Language College, where she studied Japanese. However, she had barely begun her studies when she was recruited for work.
Espionage training.
Soon after joining the North Korean spy agency, Kim was given a new name, Ok Hwa and sent to live in a compound outside of Pyongyang. There, Kim spent seven years learning spycraft. Her training included martial arts, physical fitness, and three years of Japanese. Kim's Japanese instructor was Yaeko Taguchi, one of many Japanese kidnapped by North Korea.