NK News – North Korea News
24th May 2013
 

In The Media

Over the past few months, NK News has been featured in the following media:

CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” Show
NK News was featured in a three minute segment about changes to Kim Il Sung’s square, Pyongyang. Photos acquired by NK News were used for the Fareed Zakaria show with the NK News logo and Twitter handle shown in the top right.

Gawker.com Homepage

Following news broken by NK NEWS that revealed a DPRK missile attack strategy on the U.S.,  Gawker place our reporting in the top slot of their homepage.

Digg.com

Following news broken by NK NEWS that revealed a DPRK missile attack strategy on the U.S.,  Digg.com place our reporting in the top slot of their homepage.

Fox News, California 

Morning anchor Paul Robins of Fox Sacramento (California) selected NK NEWS as his “morning pick of the day”.

Huffington Post

The HuffPo carried a livestream of the NK NEWS “Ask a North Korean [LIVE]” feature, with a major write-up of the outcome:

Yonhap News

After an exclusive story by NK NEWS on the suspension of Kempinski’s involvement in the Ryugyong Hotel, Yonhap rereport for a South Korean audience:

Washington Post

NK NEWS Christmas Gift Products made into the the Washington Post’s “Ultimate holiday gift guide for the world news lover in your life”

Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal did an extensive feature on the NK NEWS Leadership Tracker:

The Guardian

The Guardian did an extensive feature on the NK NEWS Leadership Tracker:

Tableau

The NKNEWS data visualization was also highlighted by the software company we used to develop the system as their “Visualization of the Day”, and a number of North Korea blogs including the prestigious “Witness to Transformation”.

 

OTHER PRESS MENTIONS

And cited by the following:

Guardian : On Kim Jong Un, the cult icon

Yonhap News : Re-reporting an exclusive about changes in Kim Il Sung Square

Digg.com : Ask a North Korean on homepage (twice)

Business Insider : Feature on Ask a North Korean

Le Monde : Feature on NK NEWS Data Visualization tool

Gizmodo: First pictures in the Ryugyong, via NK NEWS

Gawker: On women in the Olympics

The Atlantic: Using the NK NEWS Exclusive on new iPad technology to emerge in the DPRK

Wired.com : An article about filesharing in North Korea

Think Tanks :

Heritage Foundation
Korea Economic Institute of America

Korean Media:

Yonhap News - Rereporting news about sanctions affecting North Korean postage system

The Kyunghyang Shinmun - Rereporting an exclusive on Sesame Street toy production in North Korea

Chosun Ilbo - Rereporting an exclusive on Sesame Street toy production in North Korea