North Korea Unscripted

By Global Journalist Staff Posted Dec 18 2011

President of Korean Central News Agency, Kim Pyong Ho, right, exchanges an agreement during an official signing with Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley, left, on June 28, 2011. The Associated Press and the North Korean state news agency signed a series of agreements including one for the opening of a comprehensive AP news bureau in Pyongyang, the organizations announced the following day. AP Photo by Frank Franklin II.

The AP created a new bureau in Pyongyang in June 2011. Read about how both the country and the AP reacted to the change. In addition, look at photographs of North Korea from the Korean War and from the first decade of the 21st century. Read more

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Follow the events in history that contributed to the strained relations between Western media and North Korea. Read more