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History:Started in September 1953, KCTV is the official news and television source of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The development history of TV broadcasting in the DPRK is not so long. TV broadcasting was referred to the first time on September 1953, just after the Korean War. The war wreaked havoc on the whole country. In that situation, all people concentrated their energies on the postwar rehabilitation and construction of the country. At the same time, Kim Il Sung expounded a view on developing TV broadcasting in the DPRK. The people then started to open up a new era of TV broadcasting. Of course, the work was not smooth. Owing to the adverse consequences of the war, capital and materials were not sufficient. There were too many bottlenecks and difficulties. However, the people achieved great success in the spirit of self-reliance and hard work, and after eight years of trial and errors, they were able to make a broadcasting test for the first time in September 1961. Through the test they eliminated the insufficiencies and upgraded their editing and technical ability. At last, the Central TV Broadcasting System of the DPRK was established and the DPRK started formal broadcasting on March 3, 1963.