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Last week (11.20) in Seoul the new ("NK underground") magazine Rimjingang has been presented to the public. Today DailyNK published (the first part) of an interview with Jiro Ishimaru (Asia Press, Japan), one of the main organizers/founders of the Rimjingang project:


North Korean Underground Journalists

and the "Rimjingang"

   
Mr. Jiro, who has been collecting data on North Korea since the.. 1990s, said that “The media is a kind of social infrastructure for making a democratic society. Therefore, I think it is necessary to fertilize North Korean society with the seed of journalism.”


Mr. Jiro also said, “I was very concerned about establishing a media source within North Korea, as it is really dangerous. However, the North Korean reporters insisted that they need a means of informing the North Korean civilians about news from the outside world as well, saying that ‘We will never get out of this delapitated state if there is no such thing as independent media.'”


- What is the purpose of publishing the "Rimjingang"?


Firstly, the purpose is to plant the seed of journalism. It is the demands of time that spurs on North Korea’s necessity for independent journalism. Media is indeed an essential element in creating a democratic society. The outside world must know what is taking place inside North Korea, and it is the insiders that must release this information to the outside world.


Secondly, North Korean underground journalists need some medium for their journalism activities. Thus far, North Korean residents have released inside information as messengers for South Korean or international newspapers. With the establishment of Rimjingang, they can now release more accurate and up-to-date information directly through their own medium and their own articles.


Lastly, I wanted to establish a path of communication between the North Koreans and the South Koreans.


- It does not sound like an easy task to educate North Korean citizens to be journalists..


I have been collecting data on North Korea since the 1990s. However, North Korea was so secured that foreigners could not easily enter North Korea and gather information freely. I eventually thought to establish some contacts inside North Korea for this purpose.


In the beginning, I needed someone to inform me of inside stories and to take photographs, but later I decided to educate them as professional journalists.


Finally, in 2002 I met Lee Joon, a North Korean citizen aimed at doing something to change North Korean society. I started educating him in the field of journalism, and soon after, he began reporting on news happening inside the country. Since 2004, he has been capturing video footage as well.


From that point on, he began educating North Korean youth in order to create a new trend of journalism. His students are the current reporters of “Rimjingang.”


- Can you give me a detailed description of the other reporters?


There is no one from the privileged class. They are simply urban residents who are well-educated, ordinary North Korean citizens who understand the value of this information.


Those who I have educated in China have entered North Korea, organized and educated people who wanted to participate in our activities. New reporters occasionally visit China to keep a relationship with other reporters. There are several groups of reporters. They cannot be mobilized at the same time for the sake of security.


They are working around Pyongyang and the central districts of different provinces. Those in border areas must take extra precautions because the surveillance near the border has recently become very strict.


http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk02500&num=2970



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