NK News
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News website |
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| Available in | English |
| Editor | Chad O'Carroll |
| Website | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2011 |
NK News is an American subscription-based website that provides news and analysis about North Korea. Established in 2011, it is headquartered in Washington, D.C. with reporters in Seoul, New York City, and London. Reporting is based on information collected from recently returned western visitors to North Korea, stories filed by the Korean Central News Agency, interviews with defectors, and reports published by NGOs and western governments. The site's editor is Chad O'Carroll, who has written on North Korea and North Korea issues for The Telegraph.
In 2013 the site introduced a soft paywall.
In 2015, NK News held a Kickstarter fundraising drive to pay to send an investigative journalist to the China-North Korea border. The reporter is expected to provide regular dispatches from the region over the coming months.
As well as functioning as a news outlet, NK News also provides subscription-based data analysis tools designed for use by experts. These include the North Korea Leadership Tracker, the Ship Tracker, Leading Indicators and KCNA Watch.
NK News gained international headlines in November 2012 for its "North Korean Leadership Tracker," which presents a graphic visualization of every event Kim Jong-il and son Kim Jong-un have attended since 1994. The following year, NK News was credited with breaking news of a purported North Korean "strike plan" against U.S. targets, based on analysis of a photo published by North Korean media, and the site was subsequently named by KTXL news anchor Paul Robins as his "pick of the day."
Other scoops include the identification of Kim Jong-Un's $7m yacht and images proving the date of the 2014 Pyongyang apartment collapse. NK News stories have been cited by USA Today,Österreich, Business Insider, and others.
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