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Should the Associated Press be registered foreign agents of North Korea?

January 5, 2015 by wpfixit

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 […]

Filed Under: AP North Korea, Associated Press North Korea, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea AP Tagged With: AP North Korea, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea Media, North Korean propaganda, One Free Korea

The AP in North Korea: A Potemkin news bureau? Secret AP deal gives Pyongyang control over news

December 24, 2014 by wpfixit

By Nate Thayer NK News December 24, 2014 According to 14 current and former AP reporters involved in news produced out of the North Korean bureau, as well as the detailed draft agreement signed by AP top management with North Korea, the Pyongyang bureau is the only one in the world where the AP allows: […]

Filed Under: Associated Press, Journalistic Ethics, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea Associated Press, North Korean Propaganda Tagged With: AP, AP North Korea, AP Propaganda, Journalism ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea Media, North Korean propaganda

Associated Press Pyongyang “bureau” silenced on top world story from North Korea

November 9, 2014 by wpfixit

The Associated Press should close it’s “bureau” in North Korea as an embarrassment to the principles of the Free Press By Nate Thayer November 11, 2014 It did not go unnoticed that the Associated Press had exactly no reporting today from its Pyongyang “bureau” on the release of two American prisoners held in North Korea, […]

Filed Under: Associated Press, North Korea Associated Press Tagged With: AP North Korea, North Korea censorship, North Korea Media

The Case of the Missing Dictator: North Korea flummoxes journalists; world spy agencies

October 14, 2014 by wpfixit

Why did nobody know where Kim Jong Un was last week? When it comes to spy vs spy, North Korea often wins. By Nate Thayer October 14, 2014 The top world story of the boy dictator missing from public view for 40 days captured world headlines. North Korean supremo Kim Jong Un was dead; he […]

Filed Under: Kim Jong-un, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Media, North Korean Government Control Tagged With: CIA North Korea, Kim Jong-un, Nate Thayer, north korea intelligence, North Korea Media

AP reports N. Korea “Ice Bucket Challenge”: silent on repression of disabled

September 1, 2014 by wpfixit

AP reports “Ice Bucket Challenge” in North Korea; doesn’t on NK repression of disabled people Viral water dunking campaign for charity staged in Pyongyang by American rappers By Nate Thayer Sept 1, 2014 The Associated Press should be ashamed of themselves for being a willing collaborator in disseminating the state propaganda of North Korea, the world’s […]

Filed Under: Associated Press, Free Speech, Human Rights, Journalistic Ethics, Media, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea Media, North Korea racism, North Korean Propaganda, North Korean racism Tagged With: AP North Korea, Associated Press, Journalism ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea Media, North Korean propaganda

Pyongyang Porn: “Some readers may find the book objectionable” @NKNewsorg

August 23, 2013 by wpfixit

Excerpts from Pyongyang Porn “Some readers may find the book objectionable” BY NATE THAYER , AUGUST 23, 2013 For the full story, go to NKNews.org at http://www.nknews.org/2013/08/pyongyang-porn/ , the news organization that comprehensively provides quality journalism on all North Korea. Below are excerpts……. Artwork by NK News illustrator Cammy Smithwick   Mhari Yi, who moved to Edinburgh to attend Napier University […]

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White Power and Apocalyptic Cults: Pro-DPRK homegrown U.S. terrorist groups are Pyongyang chosen favorites

May 6, 2013 by wpfixit

Pro-DPRK Americans Revealed American homegrown terrorist groups are the chosen favorites of Pyongyang by Nate Thayer , May 6, 2013 NK News Investigative Correspondent (This story appeared in NKNews.org. Please check out the excellent NK News Pro news service  launched in May, 2013 providing in depth, quality, comprehensive coverage for those serious about understanding North Korea at […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Bloggers, Conspiracy Theories, John Paul Cupp, Joshua Sutter, Journalism, Khmer Rouge, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, North Korea, North Korea Media, North Korean covert operations, North Korean Propaganda, North Korean racism, Pol Pot, Propoganda, Religious Extremism, Rural Peoples Party, Terrorism, U.S. domestic terrorism, U.S. Extremists, U.S. North Korea, U.S. North Korea supporters, U.S. politics, U.S. Songun Politics Study group, White Supremacist supporters of North Korea Tagged With: Internet Journalism, James Porrazzo North Korea, John Paul Cupp, Joshua Sutter, Kim Jong Il, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, North Korea, North Korea Covert Operations, North Korea Media, North Korean propaganda, Religious Extremism, Rural people's Party North Korea, Terrorism

Oops….Sorry About that Austin, Texas

March 31, 2013 by wpfixit

Oops….Sorry About that Austin, Texas: An Otherwise Excellent Example of Great Journalism was Also a Tad Off The Korean Central News Agency Friday sent out one of the thousands of meticulously staged propaganda photographs they do each year, this one with a caption which included the description of an “urgent operation meeting on the Korean […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Bloggers, Freelance Journalism, Freelance Journalist, Humor, Internet Freedom, Internet Journalism, Internet media ethics, Journalism, Journalistic Ethics, Media, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, NKNews.org, North Korea, North Korea Internet, North Korea Media, North Korean Nuclear Program, North Korean Propaganda, Social Media, U.S. North Korea Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Freelance Journalism, Humor, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Journalism ethics, Kim Jong-un, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, NKNews.org, North Korea, North Korea Media, North Korea nuclear, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, North Korea U.S., North Korean propaganda

25 Years of Slam Dunk Diplomacy: Rodman trip and history of U.S.-North Korean basketball diplomacy

March 5, 2013 by wpfixit

25 Years of Slam Dunk Diplomacy: Rodman trip comes after decades of basketball diplomacy between U.S. and North Korea as a central tool in nuclear bomb negotiations by Nate Thayer , March 4, 2013 Published in NK News http://www.nknews.org/2013/03/slam-dunk-diplomacy/  NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman’s circus troupe delegation to North Korea was greeted by ridicule by most of […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Freelance Journalist, Human Rights, Humor, Journalism, Kim Jong Chol, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Media, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Basketball, North Korea Basketball diplomacy, North Korea Dennis Rodman, North Korean Propaganda, Propoganda, U.S. Asian Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. North Korea Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Humor, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Kim Jong Chol, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Michael Ri North Korea, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Basketball, North Korea Basketball Diplomacy, North Korea Media, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, North Korean propaganda

What do Kim Il Sung, Hun Sen Have In Common with Animal Pets? They All Obtained Bogus College Degrees

February 24, 2013 by wpfixit

What do Dictators Have In Common with American Animal Pets? Kim Il Sung, Hun Sen, Other Third World Dictators Have Bogus College Degrees  By Nate Thayer After handing over all cameras, passing through metal detectors and patted down by soldiers of the Korean People’s Army checking for explosives and weapons, passing through a purification chamber […]

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Has Kim Jong Un Had Plastic Surgery? China Says: No Comment: Pyongyang erupts following reports circulating in Chinese media

January 24, 2013 by wpfixit

Has Kim Jong Un Had Plastic Surgery? China Says: No Comment Pyongyang erupts following reports circulating in Chinese media by Nate Thayer , January 24, 2013 http://www.nknews.org/2013/01/china-issues-censorship-order-on-official-north-korea-reporting/ NKNews.org In the wake of North Korean state media Thursday issuing vitriolic objections of the “sordid hackwork of rubbish media” who alleged their young dictator underwent plastic surgery to look […]

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Out of 7,000 Internet Readers of This Blog Today, Exactly Zero Came From North Korea and Precisely One From China

January 21, 2013 by wpfixit

Out of 7,000 Internet Readers  of This Blog Today, Exactly Zero Came From North Korea and Precisely One From China A Brief Data Report Addressing the Thousands of Speculative News Stories in Recent Days on the March Towards an IT Revolution by Pyongyang and a Commitment to a Free Press In Beijing By Nate Thayer […]

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