- The Associated Press team, led by Korea Bureau Chief Jean Lee, landed in Pyongyang on Saturday evening and Lee sent news of their arrival via Twitter's web interface.
Just landed in snowy #Pyongyang #NKorea- On Monday morning local time came a tweet announcing the historic opening of the Pyongyang bureau.
- Chief Asia Photographer David Guttenfelder, the second editorial member of the AP delegation to Pyongyang, also tweeted:
- AP issued a news release at about the same time announcing the bureau opening:
- pr_011612.html01/16/2012AP Press Release AP opens first full-time, all-format news bureau in North Korea The Associated Press on Monday formally opened...
Historic day for The Associated Press. We open a news bureau in North Korea: http://bit.ly/yLDXOF @AP #Pyongyang #journalism- AP also ran its own coverage of the new bureau, linked to here on The Huffington Post:
Associated Press North Korea Bureau Opens As First All-Format News Office In Pyongyang http://huff.to/yqbrSa a- And some of the rest of the coverage from Twitter:
AP has opened its Pyongyang bureau. Here's video of the AP CEO's arrival in North Korea: http://www.kcna.kp/userAction.do?action=videoindex&lang=eng&newsyear=2012&newsno=194449 …serAction.do?action=videoindex&lang=eng&newsyear=2012&newsno=194449
Historic! @bbcworldservice iv with Bureau Chief 1st AP office #Pyongyang #NorthKorea. Wonder how it will work out?
To be sure, Pyongyang will limit AP's access, prob much in the same way Iran restrains int'l reporters. Still positive: http://j.mp/AdW8t9
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