Should an independent news organization ever publish material directly provided by the government of the very country it focuses on?

The answer to that – especially when concerning a country like North Korea – might depend a lot on who you talk to.

A “well-balanced” take on the unification of the Korean Peninsula, supplied directly to NK News this March by diplomats representing the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), was published Thursday on this site following careful consideration.

In short, we have published the piece in the belief that is important to represent not just the voice of recent