Only 1,884 articles remained on Monday morning.

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The purge is by no means the first Orwellian move by KCNA. The organization edited and deleted hundreds of articles referencing Jang around the time of his execution, NK News reported on Friday.

In attempt to justify Jang's execution, KCNA published an article, which has since been deleted, referring to the leader as "despicable human scum" and "worse than a dog." Despite North Korean government's vitriol towards Jang, the ill will apparently didn't extend to Kim Kyong-hui, Jang's wife (Kim Jong Un's aunt). She appeared on a KCNA list of leaders this weekend, the New York Times reported.

The news purge appears to extend beyond the digital sphere. Frank Feinstein, who runs the website KNCA Watch, told NK News that North Korea'sClose cooperation between infectious disease physicians and attending physicians can result in better management and outcome for patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) is a serious infection that demands prompt clinical attention for good outcome. To assess the impact of intervention by infectious diseases physicians (IDPs) in cases with SAB, a retrospective cohort study of patients with SAB was performed in a 1240-bed, university hospital in Japan, with the aim of comparing the management and outcome of patients during the initial and the latter half of the intervention period,. Three hundred and forty-six patients with SAB during the 7-year period, from 2002 to 2008, were included, and 194 patients in the initial half of the period (from 2002 to 2005) were compared with 152 patients in