Gatekeepers Korea 2007
Stories
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Getting out
Leaving North Korea brought back distinct memories of dread. Our little group had had a perfectly normal time there - if a weekend in a fenced-off hard-currency resort, where everything ...
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Glasnost, North Korean-style, despite the Dear Leader
North Korea is moving straight to "American in Paris" diplomacy. Dear Leader Kim Jong Il normally prefers whiskey and Hollywood with his nukes and public executions. But in the interest ...
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Supervised Visit to North Korea
ONJUNG-RI, NORTH KOREA -- Cellphones? Nope. Tape recorders? Uh-uh. Newspapers or magazines? Not a chance, our tour guide declared as he confiscated our "contraband" in the minutes before ...
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South Koreans seek pragmatic change in North
Seoul, South Korea -- South Korea's pragmatism has a distinctly can-do American aura. Need a world-class airport? Build one on an artificial island! Need new highways to ferry the ...
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International Reporting Project Visits North Korea on Gatekeepers’ Trip
Twelve senior U.S. editors and producers visited North Korea in November as part of the 10-day IRP Gatekeeper Editors trip to the Korean peninsula. To download and view a copy of the ...
Blogs
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Day 11: Answers and observations
Editor's Note: For the next two weeks, Star editor Randy Smith will be traveling with a dozen U.S. journalists in both North Korea and South Korea. The trip, set up through the Gatekeeper ...
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Day 10: Heading out of North Korea
Monday Two things happened this morning. First, a young North Korean waitress at breakfast wanted to talk to me about where I was from. We had a small, positive conversation about ...
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Day 9: Traveling to North Korea
Sunday As our bus headed east toward the Sea of Japan early Sunday morning, the orders came swiftly. Do you have any newspapers or books in your possession? Any cameras with long lenses? ...
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Change Comes by Way of Resort in North Korea
Had Prince Potemkin been a 21st century man, he would have gone into the luxury hotel business. With help from South Korea and one of its major corporations (the Hyundai chaebol), North ...
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Day 7: The DMZ
Friday Today, we got up early to travel an hour by bus to the demilitarized zone. Once there, I thought it was the biggest, military-protected natural habitat in the world. Where else ...
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Editors
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Rob Davila
- Affiliation:
- The Seattle Times
- Country:
- Korea
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Will Englund
- Affiliation:
- The Baltimore Sun
- Country:
- Korea
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Paul Feldman
- Affiliation:
- Los Angeles Times
- Country:
- Korea
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Morgan Holm
- Affiliation:
- Oregon Public Broadcasting
- Country:
- Korea
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Ray Locker
- Affiliation:
- USA Today
- Country:
- Korea
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Mark Melnicoe
- Affiliation:
- Sacramento Bee.
- Country:
- Korea
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Michael Mosettig
- Affiliation:
- NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
- Country:
- Korea
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Lisa Mullins
- Affiliation:
- PRI/BBC's “The World”
- Country:
- Korea
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Patrick Pexton
- Affiliation:
- The National Journal.
- Country:
- Korea
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Madhulika Sikka
- Affiliation:
- NPR "Morning Edition"
- Country:
- Korea
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Randall Smith
- Affiliation:
- The Kansas City Star
- Country:
- Korea
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Elizabeth Sullivan
- Affiliation:
- The Plain Dealer
- Country:
- Korea
- Newspapers
- Newspapers
- Journalists
- Journalists Blogging from Korea
- Government Sites
- Official Government Sites
