North Koreans trust foreign news but tune out state TV

North Koreans trust foreign news but tune out state TV

North Koreans in 2026 are tuning out state media — but they aren’t tuning out entirely. While most North Koreans dismiss domestic news broadcasts as regime propaganda, many still regard the international news segment as broadly factual, according to sources inside the country who spoke with Daily NK this week. Even so, that relative credibility has not translated into genuine interest: the selective, disaster-heavy nature of foreign news coverag…