STEVE INSKEEP, host: And we have a major announcement for you this morning, one that can only be made when set to the appropriate music.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: The government of North Korea has begun a YouTube feed. We're listening to music from it. The song is accompanied by scenes of the sunrise and images of a heroic sculpture of North Korean soldiers. The lyrics declare that the people's new world has been realized in this land and radiant communism opens a new road. Apparently that new road leads to social media. The North Koreans have also started a Korean language Twitter feed.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News.
The North Korean government has announced it has joined the social media craze. It now has its own Twitter account and a channel on YouTube.