Korea Newswire

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Korea Newswire
Type news agency
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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