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North Korea's 'pink lady' replaced by younger presenters as state TV gets makeover
Sky News ^ | Dec 3, 2018 | Lucia Binding

Posted on 12/03/2018 11:32:00 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

North Korea's most famous news anchor has reportedly been replaced by younger presenters as the country's state-owned broadcaster undergoes a modern makeover.

Ri Chun-hee began working for North Korean TV in 1971 and became chief news presenter of KCTV in the 1980s.

Nicknamed the "pink lady," she usually wears a pink Western-style suit or traditional Hanbok dress.

She has been characterised by her animated announcing style, resonant voice and sometimes vitriolic tone, and was once described as "vaguely menacing".

But the 75-year-old presenter - who cried onscreen when announcing the deaths of Kim II-sung and Kim Jong-il - has not been seen on KCTV for a while.

She has instead has been replaced by younger hosts as North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, strives to modernise the communist state.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 2018; koreans; media; msm; nkpropaganda; norks; northkorea; richunhee

1 posted on 12/03/2018 11:32:00 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Maybe she’s in declining health?


2 posted on 12/03/2018 11:46:38 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Plink rady say so rong...


3 posted on 12/03/2018 11:49:18 AM PST by shotgun
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
She has instead has been replaced by younger hosts

I guess they could hire Megyn Kelly, she's unemployed.

4 posted on 12/03/2018 11:49:42 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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I guess they could hire Megyn Kelly, she's unemployed.

At first glance MeAgain would be a good fit. "She has been characterised by her animated announcing style, resonant voice and sometimes vitriolic tone, and was once described as "vaguely menacing," with blood coming out of her wherever.

Although, I think the NORKS are trying to tone down their anti-American and anti-Trump sentiment a bit lower than what's found in MeAgain's resting bitch face.

5 posted on 12/03/2018 12:26:16 PM PST by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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Maybe from this group?


6 posted on 12/03/2018 12:50:56 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

7 posted on 12/03/2018 1:30:31 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

8 posted on 12/03/2018 6:27:58 PM PST by Charles Henrickson
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Did fat boy take her out to the countryside and send her off with a “big bang”?


9 posted on 12/03/2018 6:34:46 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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