Exclusive with US activist entering North Korea in dangerous protest

Reuters landed an exclusive interview on Dec 26 with a U.S. human rights activist before he embarked on a perilous journey into North Korea to raise global attention about the suffering of the North Korean people. Reuters was the first international news agency to report on Robert Park’s unauthorised crossing into North Korea on Christmas night which added a new element to the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang. The interview was picked up by almost every major news outlet in South Korea and other agencies, including AFP, quoted from it in their reports. The exclusive once again showed Reuters leading the field in coverage of developments in North Korea, which present one of the greatest security concerns to the economically vital North Asia region.