This propaganda webtoon targeting South Korean and diaspora readers was released around Feb 23, 2023 on the now-defunct North Korean website Uriminzokkiri.

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A new #comicbook from #NorthKorea #DPRK
[front cover]
Comic strip (1)
Korea Viewed by a Foreign Correspondent
The Ryomyong Myth
Pyongyang Moranbong Publishing
June 2017 (Juche 106) *Illustrator seems to be 김금현 of and many works since 2012. The main character, Michael the foreign correspondent, is clearly the same person as Wolfram in "비둘기 기르는 소년" (2012)

comic book
The Hollow Needle
Volume 2
[Adaptation of a novel first published in 1909 by Maurice Leblanc, featuring the adventures of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin. Original French title L'Aiguille Creuse.]
#ArseneLupin #MauriceLeblanc #comicbooks #northkorea #dprk comic book
The Hollow Needle(2)
Orig. author Maurice Leblanc
Adapt. & editing Kim Sang-bok
Illustr. Pak Yun-kol
Cover Chang Yun-sop
Proofreading Yong-suksu
Kumsong Youth Publishing
Pyongyang Central Printing Factory-2
Printed Feb 1, 1991
Released Feb 10, 1990
Prod. code ㄱ-06444

Science fiction comic book
The Maestros of High Tech 2
Text Han Kwang-nam
Pictures Chin Yong-hun
Kumsong Youth Publishing Juche 97(2008) 3
An artificial satellite orbiting Earth picks up & focuses on a man-made island floating on a vast sea.

Time for a #NorthKorean #sciencefiction #comicbook:
Science fiction comic book
The Maestros of High Tech 1
Text Han Kwang-nam
Pictures Choe Sung-hyok
Kumsong Youth Publishing Juche 96(2007) 1/
Science fiction comic book
The Maestros of High Tech
Vol. 1
The Monster’s True Identity
Text Han Kwang-nam
Advisors: Prof. Rim Tae-gun, PhD
Ass. Prof. Kang Ki-chan, PhD
Kim Chol-ho, BA
Editing Han Kwang-nam, Song Chol-su
Pictures & cover Choe Sung-hyok, Han Myong-sin

1986-4(1) p66
1
I got your message. What’s the age criteria for selection?
-Choose single people up to the age of forty.
2
There may be people who prefer mines like this because they don't want to join the army. Gather the subjects in front of the tunnel!
-Yes, Sir. 3
You're from Hwanghae-do, right? And you have no family.
-Sir, the man beside me is my cousin. Please let him go with me.
4
Tell the mine boss to send those selected to the construction site tonight.

[serialised comic]
Tracer Bullet
Serialised in “Ch’ollima” from magazine Sept 1985 to Oct 1986
Text & illustrations: Ho Nung-thaek 2
Ready to go, company commander? You’ve got your plain clothes ready, what else? The coat fits perfectly, see? Things are going well. Come over now.

《A.T작전》의 종말 “The End of Operation AT”
Vol. 4 of 4

Will:
*Ryang U-gil & family make it back to #NorthKorea?
*Prosecutor Ma Yong-gum solve the mystery?
*the dastardly Hong Mae & Harrison get their comeuppance?
*#Zainichi Korean Cho Jang-il be reconciled to his homeland? Size: 145x205
Pub: 문학예술출판사
Printer: 평양종합인쇄공장-2
Printed: 2008.7.25
Released: 2007.7.30
Pages: 112
Product code: ㄱ-86201
Text: 황명관 & 리재환
Illustrator: 최영석
Editor: 류인호
Cover: 최영석
Proofreading: 정경진
Layout: 강은정

《A.T작전》의 종말 “The End of Operation AT”
Size 145x205
Vol. 3 of 4
Pub 문학예술출판사
Printer 평양종합인쇄공장
Printed 2007.9.10
Released 2007.9.15
96pp
Product code ㄱ-760221
Text 황명관 & 리재환
Illustrator 공영국
Editor 류인호
Cover 최영석
Proofreading 정경진
Layout 강은정

Title: Dr Know-it-All (만능박사)
Type: science comic
Size 182x125mm
Publ: Children’s Book Publishing
Printed 20.6.1965
Released 30.6.1965
Pages 88
Price 32jon
Prod. code ㄱ-550182
Text: Jong Myong-hak, Kim Jun-ok
Illustrations Kim Jun-ok, So Sung-wan
Editor An Jong-sil Proofreader Jong Jong-sun
Print run 100,000 copies

The next #NorthKorean #comicbook translation project will be volume 2 of the series “The End of Operation AT” [《A.T작전》의 종말]

It's a prosecutorial procedural drama about some missing #DPRK citizens, with many flashbacks and even more characters. 《A.T작전》의 종말 The End of Operation A.T
145x205mm
Vol. 2 of 4
Publ 문학예술출판사
Printer 평양종합인쇄공장
Printed 2007.7.20
Released 2007.7.25
Pages 99
Product code ㄱ-960170
Text 황명관 & 리재환
Illustrator 최영석
Editor 류인호
Cover 최영석
Proofreader 정경진
Layout 강은정

The next story will come from this anthology:
Comic book of Legends of 3 Great Generals of Mt Paektu (vol. 7)
The Tale of 3 Commanders
Writer: Kim U-kyong
Kumsong Youth Publishing House
Juche 102 (2019)
Product code ㄱ-1961029
ISBN 978-9946-21-565-5

More DPRK magical realism! This comic book contains adaptations of legendary stories of the 3 Great Generals of Mt Paektu

Comic book of Legends of 3 Great Generals of Mt Paektu (vol. 1)
Taming the Typhoon
Kumsong Youth Publishing House
Juche 102 (2013)
Product code ㄱ-36072
ISBN 978-9946-21-360-6
#NorthKorea #miracles #magicalrealism The next story to be translated and shared here is the title story from the 2013 book "Taming the Typhoon", in which a passenger ship carrying ethnic Koreans from Japan to the DPRK was caught in a storm. It resembles a New Testament story in which Jesus tames a storm.

Comic book
"The Snare of the Plot"
An anthology of 6 stories.
Published by Kumsong Youth Publishing House 2013
Product codeㄱ-36286
ISBN 978-9946-21-369-9 From page 75, story 6:
World famous comic
“The Wizard of Oz”
Illustrations: Pak Sun-ho

[In a house with a garden there lived a girl named Dorothy and her dog Toto.]
Toto, try and catch me. Ha ha ha
[pant pant]
Toto, you lose.

"The End of Operation AT" vol.1
Literature and Arts Publishing Company
Printed: Jun 5 2007
Released: Jun 15 2007
Size: 145x205
108 pages
Product code: ㄱ-760118
Text: Hwang Myong-kwan & Ri Jae-hwan
Illustrator: Paek Hak-hun (People's Artist)
Cover: Choe Yong-sok
Editor: Ryu In-ho This is the next book to be translated. Its content shows a lot about how contemporary NK society works. The authors of this 4-volume series have never written any comics before or since. People's Artist Paek Hak-hun only illustrated vol.1 and has not done any comics since.

Title “I'm 9 Years Old Too”
Author Ri Jun-gil
Illustrator Ri Yong-gwang
Kumsong Youth Publishing House
Printed 10 Feb 2013
Released 20 Feb 2013
Product code ㄱ-26539
ISBN 978-9946-362-0
“This comic book is an adaptation of the true story mid-length book 'I'm 9 Years Old Too'.” Here is the 186-page book it is based on.
Title "I'm 9 Years Old Too"
Author Ri Jun-gil
Illustrator Han Myong-sin
Printed 1 May 2008
Released 15 May 2008
Product code ㄱ-760548
It tells the true life story and heroic deed of a 9-year-old girl in Pyongyang, who died in Jan 2003.