French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) announced yesterday it will open a Pyongyang bureau in the next few months.

During a meeting with Yonhap News Agency’s president on Wednesday, AFP Chairman Emmanuel Hoog said the news outlet was still working on opening the office in the North Korean capital.

“We expect to be able to do so in the next few months. It’s something that is on the good tracks,” Hoog said during interview with Yonhap.

If accurate, AFP’s new bureau will be the fifth foreign news agency in Pyongyang alongside Kyodo, the Associated Press (AP), Sputnik