The BBC World Service is to start broadcasting a daily radio programme into North Korea as part of its biggest global expansion in more than 70 years.
The new Korean service is one of 11 new foreign language services being launched from 2017 funded by a £289m grant from the British government designed to boost Britain’s place in the world.
The BBC said in a statement that the programme, which also includes an expansion of Russian, African and Arabic services as well as a new digital channel in Thailand, would bring “independent journalism to millions around the world including in places where media freedom is under threat”.
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