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Hither and Yon

Why North Korea has become flavor of the month for American media

"What counts is the story the North Koreans want the world to know"
Donald Kirk August 11th, 2016
North Korea is looking like the flavor of the month for American broadcast media.

ABC’s Bob Woodruff was just there, interviewing a foreign ministry official, flying over Pyongyang for an unprecedented view of the capital, mixing  Read More 
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The behind-the-scenes fixer who has North Korea’s ear

MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2014
The Independent, UK
News > World > Asia
With no official position, Kun ‘Tony’ Namkung seems to have played a central role in the sudden release of three American prisoners
DONALD KIRK

SEOUL

SUNDAY 09 NOVEMBER 2014
Few people know how or why Pyongyang decided to release two American prisoners over the weekend. Acts of leniency  Read More 
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