AP Set Up its 1st Bureau in Pyongyang

Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Jan. 16, 2012 shows Tom Curley (2nd L), president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press (AP), and Kim Pyong Ho (C), director general of the KCNA, pose for a group photo with other officials in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The Associated Press on Monday set up an AP bureau in Pyongyang. <Photo: Xinhua/KCNA>

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