ABSTRACT
The chapter explains the selection of texts that are analysed as well as the methodology used for the content analysis. The author focuses on North Korean national role presentation abroad which helped to reduce the spectrum of sources suitable for the content analysis. Bearing this in mind, the author argues that the North Korean English-language newspapers and magazines are the only source one can use for consistent and long-term period-oriented content analysis. The author assumes that in its foreign policy-focused texts, the DPRK declares for itself the roles which it believes it should be playing and that these national roles are co-constituted in the process of North Korean interaction with its significant others.
