By The Huffington Post News Editors
NEW YORK — On Saturday morning, The New York Times ran a front-page photo of a mass rally in Pyongyang, one of few recent images to originate from the North Korean capital as leader Kim Jong Un once again beats the drums of war.
The Associated Press photo, among several taken Friday, was also splashed across The Huffington Post and published by dozens of news outlets. As the only western news outlet with a bureau in Pyongyang, the AP has a clear advantage on covering such events, and the photos taken Friday by the AP’s Jon Chol Jin — a North Korean journalist in his mid-20s who previously worked for state media there — accompanied numerous reports in recent days.
The latest standoff, complete with threats from North Korae of pre-emptive nuclear strikes against South Korea and the United States, has once again exposed the difficulty of reporting from a country that offers nearly no press access — unless perhaps accompanied by Dennis Rodman.
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