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AP Sets Up N.Korea Bureau
The Chosen Ilbo (South Korea Newspaper) ^
| 5/22/06
Posted on 06/12/2006 12:50:27 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
The TV arm of the Associated Press news agency, AP Television News, has opened a permanent bureau in North Korea. AP says it is the first Western news organization to be able to make daily dispatches from the reclusive country. Under an agreement with North Korean officials, the bureau will be operated by staff from APTN headquarters in the U.K. and staff of North Korea's national radio and television broadcasters. "Once again, the Associated Press opens a window with authoritative and impartial coverage from all parts of the world," AP CEO Tom Curley claimed.
APTN executive director Nigel Baker, who was at the opening, said the agreement means it will be “the only Western news organization with regular coverage" from the North. There are three other foreign news outlets stationed in North Korea: the People's Daily and Xinhua news agency of China and Russia’s ITAR-TASS.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: korea; lunatic; starvingmasses
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I'm sure we'll get the real truth from the AP regarding the conditions in North Korea. Just like we got from CNN about Iraq.
Oh, wait...
To: Recovering_Democrat
the Associated Press opens a window with authoritative and impartial coverage from all parts of the worldLOL, too funny.
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posted on
06/12/2006 12:51:51 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Recovering_Democrat
Rules of operation in North Korea:
1) The State is always right.
2) If the State is wrong, see rule #1.
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posted on
06/12/2006 12:53:23 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: Recovering_Democrat
The TV arm of the Associated Press news agency, AP Television News, has opened a permanent bureau in North Korea. AP says it is the first Western news organization to be able to make daily dispatches from the reclusive country. I wonder what conditions AP acceded to...
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posted on
06/12/2006 12:53:45 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Recovering_Democrat
Glad to see AP held out until they could get their own telegraph lines to the south, carrier pigeons just weren't fast enough for the breaking news desk...
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posted on
06/12/2006 12:54:16 PM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Recovering_Democrat
AP says it is the first Western news organization to be able to make daily dispatches from the reclusive country. I guess they didn't question why the NK Government allowed this, huh?
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posted on
06/12/2006 12:54:19 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(DEMOCRATS: A CULTURE OF TREASON)
To: 1Old Pro
The libnuts at the AP will be right at home.
And I'm sure there will be lots of very good news from the Stalinist state of North Korea in short order.
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posted on
06/12/2006 12:57:25 PM PDT
by
Reactionary
(The Barking of the Native Moonbat is the Sound of Moral Nitwittery)
To: mewzilla
I wonder what conditions AP acceded to...My guess is, not many. The main thing they'd have to promise to do is just be themselves.
To: Recovering_Democrat
Obviously, they are ronery.
To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
My guess is, not many. The main thing they'd have to promise to do is just be themselves.You're right about NK not having anything to worry about from AP.
But why do I think that the little wart in charge isn't going to leave that to trust...?
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posted on
06/12/2006 12:59:43 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: mewzilla
I also wonder if any money changed hands...
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posted on
06/12/2006 1:00:36 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
AP & NK---- I'm surprised that it took them this long to get together ..... After all, they have the same goals and idealogy; The same hatred for America.
To: Recovering_Democrat
While they are at it, they might as well move their headquarters there.
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posted on
06/12/2006 1:14:04 PM PDT
by
HassanBenSobar
(Islam is the opiate of the people)
To: Recovering_Democrat
AP can report that Air America gets a 100 share on Radio Pyongyang.
To: 1Old Pro
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posted on
06/12/2006 2:00:50 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
To: Recovering_Democrat
For a minute I though the new release said the APs authoritarian news coverage was in keeping with their host county.
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posted on
06/12/2006 2:14:18 PM PDT
by
rod1
To: Recovering_Democrat
OK-If the AP is opening there then there is no excuse--- the UN should start their move tomorrow.
Kofi, that famous NY nightlife sampler, can sample some of the best cusine NK has to offer. (Waiter will ask him if he wants his dog medium or well done and whether it should be pre or post walkies).
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posted on
06/12/2006 2:17:58 PM PDT
by
rod1
To: Recovering_Democrat
Just like we got from CNN about Iraq. Your looking at this the wrong way. Like CNN was in Iraq, AP will be our BDA* eyes and ears in NK. But dont tell AP that. They would complain that they were being used by evil conservatives.
*Bomb Damage Assessment
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posted on
06/12/2006 2:24:09 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(Terrorism is a disease, precise application of superior force is the ONLY cure)
To: Recovering_Democrat
I can hardly wait to see all the propaganda about how well fed and happy the Korean population is.
Socialist reporters will hold the hands of little Korean girls as they watch the chubby civil servat children use skipping ropes on pristine school grounds.
PUKE!Propaganda!
Koreans are starving and if a Korean has a dog, its not safe to let it out into the yard unwatched!
This photo is from North Korea:
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posted on
06/12/2006 2:27:46 PM PDT
by
Candor7
((Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)
To: Recovering_Democrat
LOL, we can't even get the truth out of them regarding what takes place in the U.S., or Iraq.
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posted on
06/12/2006 2:49:11 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Hey Senators, what have you done with those Conservatives we sent to Congress? (CyberAnt Inspired))
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