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§ 510.522 Journalistic activities and establishment of news bureaus in North Korea.
(a) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) of this section, news reporting organizations that are United States persons, and individuals who are United States persons regularly employed by news reporting organizations either as journalists (including photojournalists) or as supporting broadcast or technical personnel, are authorized to engage in the following transactions in North Korea, provided that such transactions are ordinarily incident and necessary to their journalistic activities or the establishment or operation of a news bureau in North Korea:
(1) Hiring and compensating support staff in North Korea (e.g., stringers, translators, interpreters, camera operators, technical experts, freelance producers, or drivers), persons to handle logistics, or other office personnel as needed;
(2) Leasing or renting office space;
(3) Purchasing, leasing, or renting North Korean-origin goods and services (e.g., mobile phones and related airtime),...
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On 2-15-24. OFAC implemented a modified version of its common “news bureaus” GL. Compare 560.519 (ITSR), Russia-related General License 52 and Ukraine General License Number 25 (Crimea/Donbass). The authorization section (section (a)) is close to identical to Ukraine General License Number 25, except for the conditions in (a)(5) concerning the export controls and UN sanctions status of items exported to North Korea. There is not much in the way of useful interpretive guidance bearing on the scope of this or any of the other “news bureaus” GLs (but see e.g. Case No. IA-2012-297129-1).