North Korea Tech » Associated Press http://www.northkoreatech.org Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:52:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 How the media circus reported North Korea’s pro-wrestling throwdown http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/09/06/how-the-media-circus-reported-north-koreas-pro-wrestling-throwdown/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/09/06/how-the-media-circus-reported-north-koreas-pro-wrestling-throwdown/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2014 09:20:30 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=6513
When the isolated country hosted dozens of reporters, athletes and minor celebrities at its International Pro-Wrestling Contest in Pyongyang at the weekend, opinions on the experience were mixed to say the least. We took a look at the coverage. #453894502 / gettyimages.com By Maeve Shearlaw, The Guardian Pyongyang is recovering from its International Pro-Wrestling Contest…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/09/06/how-the-media-circus-reported-north-koreas-pro-wrestling-throwdown/feed/ 0 North Korea Tech AP’s Guttenfelder named Time’s top Instagram photographer http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/12/19/aps-guttenfelder-named-times-top-instagram-photographer/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/12/19/aps-guttenfelder-named-times-top-instagram-photographer/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:25:35 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=5452
Time Magazine has named David Guttenfelder its top Instagram photographer of the year for his on-going series of photos that chronicle life in North Korea. Guttenfelder, chief Asia photographer for the Associated Press, has made numerous journeys to the DPRK over the past several years and began directly chronicling the country through Instagram earlier this…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/12/19/aps-guttenfelder-named-times-top-instagram-photographer/feed/ 1 North Korea Tech Associated Press names new Pyongyang bureau chief http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/10/16/associated-press-names-new-pyongyang-bureau-chief/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/10/16/associated-press-names-new-pyongyang-bureau-chief/#comments Tue, 15 Oct 2013 23:21:17 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=5203 The Associated Press has named Eric Talmadge as the new chief of its Pyongyang bureau. Talmadge was previously a news editor for the AP in Tokyo and also wrote on regional military and security issues. He is a long-time Asia correspondent for the New York-based newswire. Most recently, he accompanied AP President and CEO Gary…
 
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The president and CEO of the Associated Press, Gary Pruitt, just concluded a four-day visit to Pyongyang during which he toured the city and sat down for an interview with Kim Yong Nam, president of the country’s parliament. The visit was the first reported trip to North Korea for Pruitt, who took over as CEO…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/10/10/ap-president-concludes-latest-visit-to-pyongyang/feed/ 0 North Korea Tech AP’s Jean Lee on social media in North Korea http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/03/15/aps-jean-lee-on-social-media-in-north-korea/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/03/15/aps-jean-lee-on-social-media-in-north-korea/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:31:02 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=4219
Fresh from becoming the first person to tweet and Instragram on Koryolink’s new 3G data service, Associated Press Korea Bureau Chief Jean Lee was at the SXSW Interactive event to speak about social media in the DPRK. She’s a great person to speak to on the subject. Her pioneering posting as the first accredited correspondent…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/03/15/aps-jean-lee-on-social-media-in-north-korea/feed/ 0 North Korea Tech AP/KCNA photo exhibit opens in New York http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/03/17/apkcna-photo-exhibit-opens-in-new-york/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/03/17/apkcna-photo-exhibit-opens-in-new-york/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 02:57:17 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=2786
A joint photo exhibition being staged by The Associated Press and the Korean Central News Agency opened at New York’s The 8th Floor gallery this week. The exhibition is one by-product of the AP’s opening of a news bureau in Pyongyang earlier this year and features 79 photographs, including shots from AP photographers, KCNA staffers…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/03/17/apkcna-photo-exhibit-opens-in-new-york/feed/ 2 North Korea Tech AP opens Pyongyang bureau http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/01/17/ap-opens-pyongyang-bureau/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/01/17/ap-opens-pyongyang-bureau/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:14:00 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=2561 The Associated Press has opened a news bureau in Pyongyang making it the first western news agency to have a reporter and photographer based in the North Korean capital. The bureau represents a coup for the AP over the competition, but its close cooperation with the state-run Korean Central News Agency, necessitated to realize the…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/01/17/ap-opens-pyongyang-bureau/feed/ 6 AP expands KRT video deal to high-def http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/09/30/ap-expands-krt-video-deal-to-high-def/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/09/30/ap-expands-krt-video-deal-to-high-def/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:42:29 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=2187 The Associated Press has signed a deal with North Korean state television that gives it exclusive rights to high-definition video of major news events in the country. The deal comes as AP and its biggest competitor, Reuters, race to expand their access to North Korea ahead of the 100th anniversary of Kim Il Sung’s birth…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/09/30/ap-expands-krt-video-deal-to-high-def/feed/ 1 AP hopes to open Pyongyang bureau in early 2012 http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/08/25/ap-hopes-to-open-pyongyang-bureau-in-early-2012/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/08/25/ap-hopes-to-open-pyongyang-bureau-in-early-2012/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:32:14 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=2085
The Associated Press expects to finalize plans this week to open a news bureau in Pyongyang. A team from the U.S.-based news organization is currently in the North Korean capital negotiating the details of the bureau, which AP President Tom Curley said he hopes will be open in early 2012. Curley told South Korea’s Yonhap…
 
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