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AP kills KCNA photo, says it was altered
Hot on the heels of agreements between Korean Central News Agency and both The Associated Press and Reuters to more widely distribute KCNA video, The AP has withdrawn a KCNA photo saying it’s not what it appears to be. The photo, below, was distributed to AP members and customers on July 16 and purports to…
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KCNA video in demand by foreign agencies
Two recent deals with western news agencies stand to put Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) video in front of millions of viewers. The deals, with The Associated Press and Reuters, give each agency the ability to redistribute KCNA footage to TV stations around the world as part of their video news service. Such deals are…
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AP, Reuters battle for Pyongyang bragging rights
Pyongyang is suddenly the hottest place to have a newsroom. In the space of two weeks, both The Associated Press and Reuters have announced plans to source more content from inside the country. The AP has signed a memorandum of understanding (which typically precedes an official deal) on the establishment of a text and photo…
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KCNA significantly increasing output
The Korean Central News Agency has significantly increased its online output in the last few months as it continues to expand its new website. The website, available at kcna.kp (except in South Korea where it’s blocked), first appeared in October 2010 and is KCNA’s first official home on the web. KCNA news was previously available…
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KCNA confirms website, new address
Korea Central News Agency confirmed for the first time on Saturday that a recently launched website carrying its news is the agency’s official site. KCNA news has been available on the Internet for several years via a handful of sites, but all have been run by third parties outside the country. On Saturday, the agency…
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KCNA switches IP addresses
The recently-launched website of the Korea Central News Agency has jumped to a new IP address. This move explains some of the downtime the site has suffered in the last few days. The site can now be accessed at http://175.45.176.58. The DNS records haven’t been updated yet, so the star.edu.kp domain name doesn’t work at…
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Dot-KP domain names are back
North Korea’s Dot-KP domain name system returned to the Internet in the last few days. (See the bottom of this post for updates.) Offline for months, the service has resumed via servers run by Star JV, the Internet joint venture formed by the North Korean government and Thailand’s Loxley Pacific. As reported previously, dot-kp was…
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KCNA launches video news
The Korean Central News Agency carried video news for the first time on its new home page on Jan. 1, 2011. Two video clips were posted as part of the daily news offering. The first shows scenes from around Pyongyang, including families visiting the Mansudae Grand Monument, while the second includes more shots of the…
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KCNA refreshes its website
The Korean Central News Agency website that appears to be hosted from inside North Korea has been given a redesign. The new page has a fresher feel and makes much more use of pictures than the previous site, which was first discovered in early October. Also new is the addition of Korean-language articles to the…
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South Korea now blocking new KCNA site
South Korea has begun blocking domestic access to the recently launched KCNA website that operates from North Korea’s IP space. Internet users trying to access the site now get redirected to the National Police Agency’s static warning page. The move isn’t a surprise. The writing was on the wall for the website as soon as…
