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Mon, June 27, 2022 | 02:26
How did a Korean-American win an NK honor?
재미교포, 北서 김일성상 받아
Posted : 2014-10-01 16:45
Updated : 2014-10-01 17:18
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Roh Kil-nam(center)poses with North Korean, holding a certificate of Kim Il-sung Prize / Photo Courtesy of Roh Kil-nam's Facebook
Roh Kil-nam(center)poses with North Korean, holding a certificate of Kim Il-sung Prize / Photo Courtesy of Roh Kil-nam's Facebook

A Korean-American man named Roh Kil-nam has reportedly won an award from North Korea for publishing a Pyongyang-friendly newspaper.


According to Yonhap News Agency, Roh was awarded the Kim Il-sung Prize, named after the country's founder, for publishing the Minjok Tongshin.

Roh was born in the South but immigrated to the United States, reports said.

YTN reported that he received his master's degree from Kim Il-sung University in 2008 and has visited North Korea 62 times.

Roh apparently won the honor in April around the time of Kim Il-sung's birth anniversary.

Roh held a protest in New York City while President Park Geun-hye last month for the U.N. General Assembly. He reportedly worked for a number of Korean-American publications before establishing his paper.


재미교포, 北서 김일성상 받아

친북성향의 재미 인터넷매체 '민족통신'을 운영하는 노길남 대표가 지난 4월 북한의 최고상인 '김일성상'을 받은 것으로 30일 확인됐다.

민족통신은 홈페이지에서 지난 4월 열린 '태양절'(김일성 주석 생일인 4월 15일) 행사 소식을 전하며 노 대표가 평양 만수대의사당에서 김일성상을 받았다고 전했다.

민족통신은 노 대표의 수상 배경에 대해 '진실을 알린 언론인으로서 조국의 자주적 평화 통일을 위해 노력해 온 공로를 인정받았다'고 밝혔다.

북한이 외국 국적의 해외교포에게 김일성상을 준 것은 이례적이다.

노 대표는 1973년 유학을 목적으로 처음 미국으로 건너간 후 미주 한국일보, 중앙일보, 라디오코리아 등 해외교포 언론에서 활동하다가 1999년 5월 민족통신을 창간했다.

이후 민족통신 기자 신분으로 북한을 수시로 드나들며 고위 관료들과 인터뷰, 각종 르포 기사 등을 통해 외부에 알려지지 않은 북한 소식을 전해 주목을 받았다.

노 대표는 최근 박근혜 대통령의 미국 유엔총회 참석 기간에 박대통령을 상대로 한 '막말 시위'에 주도적으로 참여했다는 의혹이 제기돼 논란이 되기도 했다. (연합뉴스)
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