Organization of Power

North Korea Media

Introduction

North Korean media content, publications, topics, entities, and related source records.

Database Information

Version & Update Information

Current metadata status: Development. Public Explore is not yet enabled. The first release notes will add a version identifier, substantive update date, change summary, expected update cadence, and archive policy.

Codebook
Codebook not available yet
Citation

For provisional reference, cite the Organization of Power Lab as creator of the North Korea Media Database and include the version, access date, and permanent release URL. A final copy-ready citation will be published with the first versioned release.

Data Coverage

The development corpus covers North Korean media articles, publications, dates, topics, named entities, and source records. Exact source and date coverage, missing issues, language normalization, and reuse restrictions remain to be documented.

Schema

The database is maintained in the PostgreSQL schema `nkmedia`. Its public schema description will identify approved tables, keys, relationships, and derived views after model-to-database verification. A public diagram or SQL artifact will be added when it is ready for release.

Data Sources & Methods

Articles are collected from project-selected North Korean media sources and normalized for search and computational analysis. Release documentation will specify collection, checksums, Korean text normalization, duplicate handling, extraction, and validation.

Current Structure

Configured Explore tools currently include Article Search. No enabled download resource is currently registered. These entries describe the development application surface; release readiness, table coverage, and public fields remain subject to the Database's vertical-slice review.

Planned Expansion

Planned work improves article search, source and entity coverage, structured extraction, and versioned research subsets. Excerpts, full text, and downloads remain subject to rights review.

Lab Connections

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Relevant Literature
See literature for this database in Zotero.