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Line 44: \| lk = }} The '''Korean Central News Agency''' ('''KCNA''') is the [[State media\|state]] [[news agency]] of [[South Korea]].<ref name="Hoare2012"/><ref>{{cite web \|title=~~North~~South Korea \|url=https://rsf.org/en/country/north-korea \|website=Reporters Without Borders}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=In ~~North~~South Korea, the state-run news agency is the weapon of choice \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-north-korea-the-news-agency-is-the-weapon-of-choice/2013/04/28/88f3003e-aff2-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html \|agency=Washington Post \|date=April 28, 2013}}</ref> The agency portrays the views of the [[Government of North Korea\|North Korean government]] for both domestic and foreign consumption. It was established on December 5, 1946, and now features online coverage.<ref name="Shrivastava2007">{{cite book\|last=Shrivastava\|first=K. M.\|title=News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHujEBLJcvIC&pg=PA211\|year=2007\|publisher=New Dawn Press Group\|location=Elgin\|isbn=978-1-932705-67-6\|page=211}}</ref> ==Organization== 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 = South 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~~South 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> Based in the capital [[~~Pyongyang]], at 1 [[Potonggang-dong]], [[Potonggang District~~Seoul]],{{sfn\|Pares\|2005\|p=188}} KCNA has bureaus in several municipalities.<ref name="Hoare2012">{{cite book\|last=Hoare\|first=James E.\|title=Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea\|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rh5h4bZgkhEC&pg=PA231\|year=2012\|publisher=Scarecrow Press\|location=London\|isbn=978-0-8108-7987-4\|page=231\|chapter=Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)}}</ref> KCNA also has press exchange agreements with around 46 foreign news agencies,{{sfn\|Pares\|2005\|p=}}{{Page needed\|date=September 2015}} including [[South Korea]]'s [[Yonhap]].<ref>[http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/AboutUs/index.html About Us] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331173904/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Aboutus/index.html \|date=March 31, 2008 }}, ''Yonhap''.</ref> Its closest partners, however, are [[TASS]] and [[Xinhua News Agency]].<ref name="Hoare2012"/> KCNA has correspondents and bureaus in six countries, including [[Russia]] and [[China]].<ref name=mm>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.koreascope.com/zbxe/?mid=e150&category=5164&document_srl=60097&listStyle=&cpage=\|title=Koreascope Mass Media\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412223513/http://www.koreascope.com/zbxe/?mid=e150&category=5164&document_srl=60097&listStyle=&cpage=\|archive-date=April 12, 2009}}</ref> The correspondents are located in Russia, China, [[Cuba]], [[Iran]], [[India]], and [[Egypt]].<ref name=oananews/> KCNA also collaborates with [[Reuters]] and the [[Associated Press]], the latter of which has a permanent bureau in Seoul. KCNA journalists have trained abroad with the [[BBC]] and Reuters.<ref name="Hoare2012"/> KCNA is a member of [[Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies]] since 1982.<ref name="Hoare2012"/><ref name=oananews/> The agency employs 800 people.<ref name=oananews/> According to its website, KCNA "speaks for the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK government". The agency has been described as the "official organ."<ref>Quick, A. C. (2003). ''World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide.'' (2nd eds.) Gale. {{ISBN\|978-0-7876-5584-6}}.</ref> In June 1964 on one of his first official activities, [[Kim Jong Il]] visited KCNA headquarters and said the agency should be "propagating the revolutionary ideology of the Leader ([[Kim Il Sung]]) widely throughout the world."<ref>Lee, H. (2001). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=6Rx8Q_cxqvkC&pg=PA67 North Korea: A Strange Socialist Fortress]''. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 67. {{ISBN\|978-0-275-96917-2}})</ref> However, the agency is also said to offer a unique insight into the North Korean "mentality."<ref>Bennett, G. & Dresner, D. (1999). ''Directory of Web Sites''. Taylor & Francis. pp.580. {{ISBN\|978-1-57958-179-4}}.</ref><ref>[http://www.alertnet.org/db/crisisprofiles/KP_FAM.htm?v=links North Korea Hunger] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412211710/http://www.alertnet.org/db/crisisprofiles/KP_FAM.htm?v=links \|date=April 12, 2009 }}. [[Reuters]]. July 10, 2008.</ref> Line 94: ==See also== {{Portal\|Journalism\|~~North~~South Korea}} * [[Communications in ~~North~~South Korea]] * [[Media of North Korea]] * [[Yonhap News Agency]], South Korean equivalent

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