The Associated Press: Korea’s Global Propaganda arm By Nate Thayer February 7, 2016 The Associated Press opened their news bureau in Pyongyang, North Korea four years ago last month with much self-trumpeted pomp that brought the entire AP executive business side of the company hierarchy from their New York headquarters as invited guests of the […]
Associated Press Stays the Propaganda Course in Mundane North Korea Reporting
Associated Press Stays the Propaganda Course in Mundane North Korea Reporting Fully staffed Pyongyang news bureau won’t report major fire Media competition does from Seoul, Tokyo, Washington By Nate Thayer June 12, 2015 On Thursday, June 11, there was a major fire at the iconic Koryo hotel in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. The story […]
American spy chief secret meeting with head of North Korean cyber warfare
Kim Yong Chol: The man behind North Korea’s Cyber warfare. U.S. top spy James Clapper has “extraordinarily unfriendly” secret meeting with North Korean chief cyber warrior shortly before Sony attack By Nate Thayer January 9, 2015 Ten days before the attack on the Sony movie depicting the assassination of Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s head […]
The Associated Press founding North Korean bureau chief resigns
Jean H. Lee said her departure was amicable and “no surprise” to AP management Nate Thayer January 6, 2015 Six days after the December 24 NKNews article on the Associated Press news operation in North Korea, AP’s founding North Korea bureau chief has resigned after a nearly 20 year career with the media organization. Jean […]
Should the Associated Press be registered foreign agents of North Korea?
Lawyer Joshua Stanton: Do U.S. laws require AP register as North Korean foreign agents? By Nate Thayer December 5, 2015 From the blog of North Korean watcher and former U.S. military JAG officer, lawyer Josh Stanton: http://freekorea.us/2015/01/05/the-ap-should-release-its-mou-or-register-as-a-n-korean-propagandist/ see Mr. Stanton’s work where he has walked point on the AP coverage of North Korea since the […]
Peeking into backrooms of big media defending bad reporting: AP & Washington Examiner
Elite Media defend PR shilling for one another By Nate Thayer December 31, 2014 Yesterday, I was forwarded an email sent to my editor from the Washington Examiner newspaper requesting comment on a story we wrote on December 24 called “The Associated Press in North Korea: A Potemkin News Bureau?” The problem was the Examiner had […]
AP secret agreement with propaganda arm of North Korean regime
The Associated Press in North Korea: A Potemkin news bureau? Confidential AP agreement with North Korea gives Pyongyang control over news stories (This story on the Associated Press making a secret written deal with North Korea agreeing to terms which, according to senior AP journalists involved in North Korea news coverage, have resulted in the […]
