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China-DPRK Nuke Site Closure/Journalists
Beijing, China - May 22, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Reporters at airport checkpoint
2. Various of reporters queuing, checking in at counter
3. Reporter with camera
4. Various of reporters queuing, checking in at counter
5. DPRK flight attendants greeting reporters, cabin
6. Photo showing flight information board
FILE: Pyongyang, DPRK - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Kim Il Sung Square
8. Various of Grand People's Study House
9. Various of national flags of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
Dozens of journalists from China, Russia, the United States, and Britain left Beijing for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Tuesday morning to witness the dismantlement of a nuclear test site.
The reporters have been invited by the DPRK government to cover the ceremony for the decommissioning of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, where Pyongyang conducted six nuclear tests. The event is scheduled for Wednesday to Friday.
On May 12, the DPRK sent invitations to journalists from the four countries and the Republic of Korea to cover the dismantlement. However, Pyongyang has refused to accept a list of South Korean journalists sent via the communications hotline at the border village of Panmunjom, according to Seoul's Unification Ministry, so the South Korean journalists are unable to go along with the group of reports heading for the DPRK Tuesday morning.
The DPRK's refusal came after Pyongyang canceled high-level talks with Seoul last week over South Korea-U.S. air combat exercises, codenamed Max Thunder.
The air drills allegedly involve about 100 aircrafts, including the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets. The radar-evading fighters are mobilized usually for an attack purpose.
South Korea's defense ministry claimed that the air drills are defensive in nature.
China-DPRK Nuke Site Closure/Journalists
Dateline : May 22, 2018/File
Location : Beijing,China
Duration : 1'25
Beijing, China - May 22, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Reporters at airport checkpoint
2. Various of reporters queuing, checking in at counter
3. Reporter with camera
4. Various of reporters queuing, checking in at counter
5. DPRK flight attendants greeting reporters, cabin
6. Photo showing flight information board
FILE: Pyongyang, DPRK - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Kim Il Sung Square
8. Various of Grand People's Study House
9. Various of national flags of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
Dozens of journalists from China, Russia, the United States, and Britain left Beijing for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Tuesday morning to witness the dismantlement of a nuclear test site.
The reporters have been invited by the DPRK government to cover the ceremony for the decommissioning of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, where Pyongyang conducted six nuclear tests. The event is scheduled for Wednesday to Friday.
On May 12, the DPRK sent invitations to journalists from the four countries and the Republic of Korea to cover the dismantlement. However, Pyongyang has refused to accept a list of South Korean journalists sent via the communications hotline at the border village of Panmunjom, according to Seoul's Unification Ministry, so the South Korean journalists are unable to go along with the group of reports heading for the DPRK Tuesday morning.
The DPRK's refusal came after Pyongyang canceled high-level talks with Seoul last week over South Korea-U.S. air combat exercises, codenamed Max Thunder.
The air drills allegedly involve about 100 aircrafts, including the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets. The radar-evading fighters are mobilized usually for an attack purpose.
South Korea's defense ministry claimed that the air drills are defensive in nature.
ID : 8081290
Published : 2018-05-22 12:09
Last Modified : 2018-05-22 18:34:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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