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KCNA articles generally revolve on several specific themes (examples in reference section):
* Detailing performances of cultural events, usually attended by various dignitaries.
* Decrying the actions and attitudes of the [[United States]],<ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2005/200512/news12/12.htm#2 U.S. Scenario for Preemptive Nuclear Attack on DPRK Blasted] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208140920/http://kcna.co.jp/item/2005/200512/news12/12.htm |date=February 8, 2009 }}, KCNA, December 11, 2005.</ref> [[Japan]],<ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200803/news03/19.htm#6 KCNA Blasts Fukuda Regime's Suppression of Chongryon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412184334/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200803/news03/19.htm |date=April 12, 2009 }}, KCNA, March 18, 2008.</ref> [[South Korea]]<ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2009/200901/news08/20090108-09ee.html KCNA Blasts Lee Myung Bak Group's Anachronistic Confrontational Policy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412155935/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2009/200901/news08/20090108-09ee.html |date=April 12, 2009 }}, KCNA, January 8, 2009.</ref> and other nations, particularly concerning military cooperation, historical events or trade among those nations. Personal attacks on American, Japanese and South Korean leaders are
* Airing the official DPRK position on ongoing disputes with Japan over such matters as [[Chongryon]]<ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2002/200205/news05/23.htm#8 Chongryon on preserving national character] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412192004/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2002/200205/news05/23.htm |date=April 12, 2009 }}, KCNA, May 21, 2002.</ref> and [[comfort women]].<ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2006/200611/news11/07.htm#3 Japanese Reactionaries' Moves to Cover up "Comfort Women" Issue under Fire] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413180158/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2006/200611/news11/07.htm |date=April 13, 2009 }}, KCNA, November 6, 2006.</ref>
* Noting the celebration of DPRK events and ideas in other countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm |title=August 27. 2009 Juche 98 |access-date=2009-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903203906/http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm |archive-date=September 3, 2009 }}</ref>
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* Communications, visits and gifts (it does not name the particular gift) to and from various like-minded or friendly nations.<ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2009/200901/news09/20090109-20ee.html Floral Basket and Congratulatory Letter to Kim Jong Il from Cambodia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412160006/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2009/200901/news09/20090109-20ee.html |date=April 12, 2009 }}, KCNA, January 9, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200810/news29/20081029-09ee.html Reception for FM of Myanmar and His Party] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412155930/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200810/news29/20081029-09ee.html |date=April 12, 2009 }}, KCNA, October 29, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200810/news29/20081029-04ee.html Chinese Art Troupe Gives Performances] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412192020/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200810/news29/20081029-04ee.html |date=April 12, 2009 }}, KCNA, October 29, 2008.</ref> Regarding the number of gifts, KCNA claimed that former leader Kim Il-sung receives "2,910 a year, 243 a month and 8 a day."<ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2003/200304/news04/09.htm#1 Many gifts to Kim Il Sung] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412155900/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2003/200304/news04/09.htm |date=April 12, 2009 }}, KCNA, April 8, 2003.</ref>
* New technological developments, such as a preservation agent for the [[Kimjongilia|Kimjongilia flower]],<ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200810/news21/20081021-12ee.html "Agent for Preserving Kimjongilia Developed"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412192015/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200810/news21/20081021-12ee.html |date=April 12, 2009 }}, KCNA, October 21, 2008.</ref> a new kind of [[pesticide]]<ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2006/200607/news07/04.htm#10 New Kind of Pesticide Developed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412155926/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2006/200607/news07/04.htm |date=April 12, 2009 }}, KCNA, July 3, 2006.</ref> and "blood purifying" rings and bracelets [a [[quackery|quack]] remedy],<ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2005/200505/news05/19.htm#13 Blood-Purifying Finger Ring] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413180129/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2005/200505/news05/19.htm |date=April 13, 2009 }}, KCNA, May 18, 2005.</ref> amongst others.
*Emphasizing the names of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il
*References to institutes, groups or centres "for the study of the Juche idea". For example, a KCNA report from June 12, 2011 claimed that "The Brazilian Center for the Study of the Juche Idea was inaugurated with due ceremony at Sao Paulo University on June 4".<ref>[http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2011/201106/news12/20110612-04ee.html Brazilian Center for Study of Juche Idea Formed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506161722/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2011/201106/news12/20110612-04ee.html |date=May 6, 2012 }}, KCNA, June 12, 2011.</ref> The article also refers to an unnamed "chairman" (who presumably presided over the ceremony), but this supposed event was not reported by a source other than KCNA as of the date of the article (eight days after the ceremony was alleged to have occurred).
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