AP Opens Bureau In Pyongyang
The Associated Press has opened a bureau in Pyongyang, North Korea, becoming the first international news organization to have a full-time presence in the country.
The office is located inside “the headquarters of the state-run Korean Central News Agency in downtown Pyongyang,” the AP says.
The bureau is staffed by two natives, reporter Pak Won Il and photographer Kim Kwang Hyon, who reported for AP in recent weeks on Kim Jong Il’s funeral. Supervising Pak and Kim will be Korea Bureau Chief Jean H.
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