NEW YORK — A magazine composed almost entirely of materials smuggled out of North Korea by reporters living inside the country has just launched its first English edition in an effort to reach a wider audience.

The English edition of the quarterly Rimjingang will be published about twice a year from now on, chief editor Jiro Ishimaru said at a recent meeting at New York University, adding that digital editions in various formats will be available from 2011, including one from Apple Inc.'s iBook store.

Rimjingang has been available in Korean and Japanese since 2008.