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Line 47: ==Organization== KCNA is the only news agency in [[North Korea]].<ref name="Hoare2012"/> It daily reports news for all the news organizations in the country including newspapers, radio and television broadcasts via [[Korean Central Television]] and the [[Korean Central Broadcasting Station]] within the country.{{sfn\|Pares\|2005\|p=}}{{Page needed\|date=September 2015}} KCNA works under the [[Korean Central Broadcasting Committee]], through which it is ultimately controlled by the [[Workers' Party of Korea]]'s [[Propaganda and Agitation Department]].<ref>{{Cite web \| title = KWP Propaganda and Agitation Department \| work = North Korea Leadership Watch \| date = November 2009 \| access-date = 27 May 2018 \| url = https://nkleadershipwatch.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/kwppropagandaandagitationdepartment.pdf \| pages=1–2}}</ref> In December 1996, KCNA began publishing its news articles on the [[Internet]] with its [[web server]] located in [[Japan]]. Since October 2010, stories have been published on a new site, controlled from [[Pyongyang]], and output has been significantly increased to include world stories with no specific link to North Korea<ref>{{cite news\|title=KCNA significantly increasing output\|url=http://www.northkoreatech.org/2011/03/04/kcna-significantly-increasing-output/\|date=March 4, 2011\|publisher=North Korea Tech}}</ref> as well as news from countries that have strong DPRK ties. In addition to [[Korean language\|Korean]], KCNA releases news translated into [[English language\|English]], [[Russian language\|Russian]], [[Chinese language\|Chinese]], [[Japanese language\|Japanese]], and [[Spanish language\|Spanish]]. Access to its website, along with other North Korean news sites, [[North Korean websites banned in South Korea\|has been blocked by South Korea]] since 2004 and can be accessed only through the government's authorization.<ref name=ft-20100401>{{cite news\|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d77d855e-3d26-11df-b81b-00144feabdc0.html \|title=Sinking underlines South Korean view of state as monster \|author=Christian Oliver \|date=April 1, 2010 \|publisher=[[Financial Times]] \|location=London \|access-date=April 2, 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924144941/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d77d855e-3d26-11df-b81b-00144feabdc0.html \|archive-date=September 24, 2015 }}</ref><ref>[http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2009/05/27/65/0401000000AEN20090527010500325F.HTML North Korea Newsletter No. 56 (May 28, 2009)] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914150359/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2009/05/27/65/0401000000AEN20090527010500325F.HTML \|date=September 14, 2011 }}. [[Yonhap]]. May 28, 2009.</ref> As well as serving as a news agency, it also produces summaries of world news to North Korean officials and publishes the ''{{ill\|Korean Central Yearbook\|ko\|조선중앙년감}}''.<ref name="Hoare2012"/><ref name=oananews/><ref>{{Cite book \|script-title=ko:조선중앙년감 \|publisher=WorldCat \|oclc=873700160 \|access-date=17 August 2022 \|url= https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/873700160 }}</ref> It is also alleged to conduct clandestine intelligence collection.<ref>Henderson, Robert (2003). ''Brassey's International Intelligence Yearbook: 2003 Edition.'' Brassey's. p. 292. {{ISBN\|978-1-57488-550-7}}.</ref>

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