Stimmekoreas

Stimmekoreas (from Stimme Koreas, the German translation of "Voice of Korea", formerly known as Radio Pyongyang) is the number one YouTube Channel on the DPRK ( North Korea ), with over 60,000 subscribers. They also have a Facebook page, which unsurprisingly attracts a fair few trolls in the comments.

It is not the official YouTube channel of the DPRK, and it is believed to be operated by a supporter of the DPRK who lives outside of the country (probably in a German speaking country as the German name seems to imply). It has been referenced by various respectable news organisations in the West.

Content
As well as showing the latest state propaganda from the Korean Central News Agency and the Voice of Korea in a variety of languages, Stimmekoreas also produces fun DPRK music (e.g. Death to the US Imperialist Aggressors (that one's a classic), and a rendition of Jingle Bells, (produced by the ) to really put you in a festive spirit, segments of old North Korean-produced films proclaiming Kim Jong Il to be God, published on YouTube 3 years after his death; clips of the channel owner's trips to North Korea (further confirming they are a non-resident of the DPRK), and also has clips from foreign outlets regarding the country, including RT news, a selection of clips from a 2004 Dutch Documentary called North Korea: A Day in the Life, and clips from Proletarian TV (official YouTube Channel of the CPGB(M-L) ).

Copyright
Stimmekoreas has been taken down by another DPRK-supporting channel called DPRKMusicChannel (which now no longer exists) as being an enemy of the state on copyright infringement laws. DPRKMusicChannel then took to Facebook to apologise to Stimmekoreas for their "pathetic actions" and begged not to be executed.

Kim Jong Un's uncopyrighted Disney performance, which was documented in full on Stimmekoreas from state media, received criticism in the West.

On 8 September 2017, Stimmekoreas along with other North Korean propaganda channels was shut down by YouTube due violating the site's community guidelines. This move was criticized by academics as they use the footage to study the progress on North Korea's missile program (they show footage of the missiles) and study the propaganda to understand the methods that North Korea uses to brainwash its citizens.