Yonhap News

Yonhap News Agency is South Korea's main news agency, providing wire coverage in Korean, English, and other languages. Its English service reports on Korean politics, the economy, inter-Korean relations, and regional affairs. As the country's leading news agency, it is a primary source for breaking news from the Korean Peninsula.

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Yonhap News at a glance

Country: South Korea
Region: East Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: News agency
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1980
Ownership: A news agency with a statutory public role
Published from: Seoul
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How Crosswire groups Yonhap News

Crosswire groups Yonhap News as Centrist for comparisons within South Korea's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In South Korea, The Hankyoreh is listed as Left-leaning, while Chosun Ilbo is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Yonhap News beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Yonhap News sits in South Korea's press

Yonhap News was founded in 1980, is published from Seoul and is a news agency with a statutory public role. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in South Korea and the only news agency tracked there. By outlets tracked, South Korea ranks third of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 26 of the 51 news agencies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Yonhap News outside South Korea, starting with East Asia, are Khaama Press (Afghanistan), VietnamPlus (Vietnam), Burma News International (Myanmar) and Agence Kampuchea Presse (Cambodia). Opening one of them beside Yonhap News is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.