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ASIAPRESS
International
ASIAPRESS started in Tokyo in 1987 as an independent network
of journalists in Asia. Its mission is to raise and support
independent journalists in Asian countries that have an
underdeveloped media due to political or economic reasons,
creating an outlet for independent reports not reliant on
the mass media. The network includes altogether around thirty
journalists from Japan, South Korea, China, the Philippines,
Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and India.
The ASIAPRESS North Korea team began operations in 1998
based in Osaka. Besides ongoing reports along the China-North
Korea border, in 2004 the team began cultivating journalists
and creating reports from within North Korea itself. Up
to now over one hundred hours of footage have been captured
by North Koreans within their country. These images have
been shown around the world, including in Japan, South Korea,
the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and France.
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Rimjin-gang
Based on our successful reporting in North Korea, in 2007
ASIAPRESS began publishing a magazine entitled gNews from
Inside North Korea - Rimjin-gangh in Korean and Japanese.
(After the 4th issue of the Korean edition was released
in April 2009, the Seoul staff began publishing on its own
and is no longer connected with ASIAPRESS.)
gRimjin-gangh is the name of the river that crosses the
demilitarized zone and flows into South Korea from the North.
One of our North Korean journalists chose this name to symbolize
sending the thoughts of the North Korean people to their
brothers and sisters in the South.
Note1 : gRimjin-gangh is the North Korean name for the Imjin
River. We will be using this North Korean version throughout
the book.
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