Korea Newswire
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Type | news agency |
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Founded | |
Location | Seoul |
Key people | Dongho Shin |
Korean name |
'Korea Newswire' is a commercial news agency service which distributes press releases to Korean media and internet portals. It was established by Dongho Shin, a Korean journalist, in July 2004, and is headquartered in the city center of Seoul. As of October 2006, 8000 Korean companies, government bodies and organizations were using Korea Newswire's service to distribute their press releases to Korean major newspapers and broadcasting stations , such as Chosunilbo, Joongangilbo, MBC, SBS. Korea Newswire has both paid service and free service. Korea Newswire started it's paid service in 2005. About 3000 Korean journalists are the members of the Korea Newswire service. Korea newswire also distribute Korean companies English press releases to Factiva and Google news.
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Korea Newswire is a commercial newswire service that effectively distributes press releases to media and internet portals in and out of Korea. As of January 2007, more than 8,000 Korean enterprises, government agencies and public organizations are distributing via Korea Newswire their press releases to Korean major newspapers and broadcasting systems such as Chosun Ilbo, Joongang Ilbo, MBC, SBS, Daum and Yahoo. Founded in July 2004 by a group of leading Korean journalists, Korea Newswire is headquartered in downtown Seoul. Korea Newswire initially started with Korean language service (www.newswire.co.kr) and it began English language service(www.koreanewswire.co.kr) in 2006 for media and journalists around the world. Reporters across the world are using Korea Newswire English service to obtain breaking news from Korean businesses and public organizations. About 3,000 journalists are members of Korea Newswire service.