AP Television News opens bureau in North Korea

AP Television News, headquartered in Britain, has opened a full-time office in North Korea, its representative Raphael Wober said. It has become the first Western TV company to get permission to work in North Korea on a permanent basis. The news followed four years of thorny negotiations with the state broadcaster Korean Radio and Television. Under an agreement reached between the sides, APTN crews will get an opportunity to come in North Korea on a regular basis, making films on condition of control by three staffers of Korean Radio and Television, which will constantly work at the bureau. APTN Executive Director Nigel Baker said at the unveiling ceremony in Pyong Yang: ‘The agreement for a full-time bureau now means we’ll be the only Western news organisation with regular coverage’. For many years APTN correspondents have been actively cooperating with Korean Radio and Television and are often invited to make video reports on major events in the country. As of the present moment, four foreign reporters work in North Korea on a permanent basis - three representatives of Chinese media (the Xinhua News Agency and the Renmin Ribao newspaper) and an Itar-Tass correspondent. (Itar-Tass, May 24, 2006)

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