After years in the newsroom, one question lingered: What are my counterparts in North Korea writing about? The answer this reporter found Wednesday while reading Rodong Sinmun and Pyongyang Times, North Korea’s main Korean- and English-language newspapers, was simple: They were loyally reporting on the greatness of leader Kim Jong-un and how people nationwide were, according to the paper, improving their lives by following his guidance. For decades, however, South Koreans’ access to North Korean newspapers remained restricted under the National Security Act, the main law governing activities involving North Korea. That changed last December, when President Lee Jae Myung ordered broader availability of North Korean materials and the Ministry of Unification allowed Rodong Sinmun to be read freely at 181 holding institutions nationwide. To see how South Koreans are making use of their first open access to a North Korean newspaper — and how my counterparts in Pyongyang work — this reporter headed to the National Assembly Library to read Rodong Sinmun firsthand. Rodong Sinmun was displ