Agence France-Presse (AFP) signed an agreement with Pyongyang’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Tuesday in Paris. The AFP will open its bureau in Pyongyang by the middle of this year.

AFP will hire two full-time North Korean journalists who will work under the supervision of the agency’s Asia regional management. AFP’s foreign correspondents will be dispatched to Pyongyang regularly.

“We will have two Korean staff, for video and photo,” Philippe Massonnet, Asia-Pacific Regional Director of AFP Hong Kong bureau, told NK News, saying it will focus on video and photos rather than text.

“All the videos and