What Not to Call Kim Jong Un and Other Advice From a North Korean Minder
- Foreign journalists face constant scrutiny while in Pyongyang
- Media is covering first Workers' Party congress since 1980
What's Changing in North Korea?
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At least 130 foreign journalists traveled to Pyongyang to cover the first full congress of North Korea’s ruling party in 36 years.
For the media, minders are a constant presence. They translate, tell journalists where they can and can’t go, and impart the official line on everything from relations with the U.S. to the proper way to refer to the regime’s leaders. And they have a few pet peeves: