AP to open 1st news bureau in DPRK

BEIJING - The Associated Press will soon open a news bureau in Pyongyang in a significant step that will enable the Western media to learn more about the country.

The decision was made in an agreement signed by the AP and Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) in New York when KCNA executives visited the United States this week.

According to a press release posted on the AP's website, the bureau will be the first permanent text and photo bureau operated by a Western news organization in the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).