Agence France Presse to open bureau in North Korea »
On Tuesday, Agence France Presse announced it will become one of a handful of media outlets to open a permanent bureau in North Korea, @guardian reported.
Currently, only the Associated Press, Japan’s Kyodo and China’s Xinhua have a foothold in Pyongyang, the insular nation’s capital city.
AFP’s deal with the Korean Central News Agency will allow the French news agency to produce original reporting, video and photo content within North Korea. To what extent this will be true is yet to be seen — @committeetoprotectjournalists lists North Korea as the second most heavily censored country in the world.