AP kills KCNA photo, says it was altered

By · July 19, 2011 · No comments
NK Media Watch ·

Hot on the heels of agreements between Korean Central News Agency and both The Associated Press and Reuters to more widely distribute KCNA video, The AP has withdrawn a KCNA photo saying it’s not what it appears to be.

The photo, below, was distributed to AP members and customers on July 16 and purports to show floods that hit Pyongyang a day earlier.

The original caption said: “In this photo taken Friday, July 15, 2011 and released Saturday July 16, 2011 by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, residents wade through a flooded street in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea said heavy rains flooded farmland, destroyed homes and caused some deaths.”

AP has a long withstanding agreement with Korea News Service, a Tokyo-based company, to redistribute KCNA photos.

On Sunday, a day after the picture originally ran, the AP decided something about the picture didn’t quite look right and issued a “kill notice” — a message telling subscribers the agency no longer stands by the photo. (NK Tech)

http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/07/18/ap-kills-kcna-photo-says-it-was-altered/

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