April 26, 2024
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North Korea still building anti-U.S. museums, though public visits appear down

Promotion of "class education centers" still using coded language, while more overt examples appear on state TV

Class education centers” continue to be built or remodeled across North Korea, the country's ruling party newspaper reported on Tuesday, deploying a euphemism for museums often containing violent anti-U.S. and anti-South Korea propaganda.

The claim comes as explicit references to the ideological stance on Washington remain censored elsewhere in state media — a continuation of a 2018 campaign to hide the content amid improving relations with the U.S.

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