NK News

NK News
Web address www.nknews.org
Type of site
 News website
Registration Optional
Available in English
Editor Chad O'Carroll
Launched 2011

NK News is a subscription-based website that provides news and analysis about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Established in 2011, it is headquartered in Washington, D.C. with reporters in Seoul, New York, and London.[1] Reporting is based on information collected from recently returned western visitors to North Korea, stories filed by the Korean Central News Agency, interviews with North Koreans living abroad, and reports published by NGOs and western governments. The site's editor is Chad O'Carroll, who has written on North Korea and North Korea issues for The Telegraph, [2][3] and its stories have been cited by USA Today,[4] Österreich, Business Insider, and others. Among NK News' popular features is "Ask a North Korean," a forum whereby readers can submit questions about daily life in North Korea which are answered by a panel of four North Koreans who have relocated to South Korea.[5]

NK News gained international headlines in November 2012 for its "North Korean Leadership Tracker," which presents a graphic visualization of every event Kim Jong Il and son Kim Jong Un have attended since 1994.[6][7] The following year, NK News was credited with breaking news of a purported North Korean "strike plan" against U.S. targets, based on analysis of a photo published by North Korean media,[8] and the site was subsequently named by KTXL news anchor Paul Robins as his "pick of the day."[9]

In early 2014, NK News was partially blocked by the government of South Korea, ostensibly for violating the nation's "National Security Law," a censorship regulation that prohibits some reports originating from North Korea.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "About". nknews.org. NK News. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. ↑ O'Carroll, Chad (14 January 2014). "North Korea: Kim family's former sushi chef says uncle was executed over 'pleasure brigade'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. ↑ O'Carroll, Chad (6 January 2014). "North Korea's invisible phone, killer dogs and other such stories - why the world is transfixed". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Rodman sings happy birthday to N. Korean leader". azcentral.com. AZCentral. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Callahan, Maureen (11 January 2014). "Life inside the surreal, cruel & sheltered North Korea". New York Post. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Branigan, Tania (1 November 2012). "North Korean leadership visualised". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Ramstad, Evan (1 November 2012). "Web Site Presents North Korea Data In Visual Form". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Photo Shows North Korea's 'U.S. Mainland Strike Plan': L.A., D.C. and Austin, Texas". gawker.com. Gawker. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "The News from North Korea". ktxl.com. KTXL-TV. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  10. ↑ Young-jin, Kim (6 January 2014). "US-based website on NK blocked". Korea Times. Retrieved 21 January 2014.