Propaganda and Agitation Department

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The Propaganda and Agitation Department (PAD, Korean: 조선로동당 선전선동부), officially translated as the Publicity and Information Department, is a department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) tasked with coordinating the creation and dissemination of propaganda in North Korea. It is the highest propaganda organization in the country. The history of the department can be traced back to the Soviet Civil Administration following the division of Korea in 1945. Agitation operations by the department reached their height in the years after the Korean War. Although nominally under the Central Committee of the WPK, the department reports directly to Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. The department has various bureaus and offices under its control. The department sets guidelines for all propaganda materials produced and all North Korean media is overseen by it. However, in order to maintain its clandestine nature, actions relating to repression of the media are nominally attributed...

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