AP Denies Pyongyang Bureau Under North Korean Control

By: Hadas Gold | Politico

The Associated Press is pushing back on a report its bureau in North Korea is nearly completely controlled by the North Korean government.

In a lengthy article for NKNews.org, Nate Thayer, a former AP stringer, reports that an internal draft agreement between the AP and North Korea’s state media outlet the Korea Central News Agency, more or less gives KCNA complete power over the bureau, its staff and its work.