[1] The magazine focuses on cultural and industrial progress made in the country.

[7] It also publishes North Korea short stories.

[8] Copies of the magazine are handed out to tourists on flights into the country.

[5] Today, it is published in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.

[2] In December 1955, Son Din-fa,[12] the chief editor of New Korea, was dismissed from his post and convicted to manual labor after drawing influences of de-Stalinization from the Soviet Union and criticizing the personality cult of Kim Il-sung.