Kcna.kp:朝鮮中央通訊社是朝鮮官方新聞媒體釋出網站,每日更新朝鮮國內最新新聞動態,國際關係,朝鮮政治、經濟、科技、文化、衛生等多方面的新聞,該網站成立於1946年12月5日成立,總部位於平壤。
朝鮮中央通訊社簡稱朝中社,為朝鮮民主主義人民共和國(北朝鮮)國營通訊社,並在中國、俄羅斯、古巴、印度、伊朗、埃及設有分社。朝中社發行日刊《朝鮮中央通訊》與《朝鮮中央年鑑》等刊物,除使用朝鮮語外,還用英語、俄語和西班牙語、漢語釋出新聞稿。
Site Contents: The Korean Central News Agency is the main, state-run news organization. It is responsible for all news in North Korea and also distributes photos. The content is available in Korean, English, Spanish and Japanese. From Jan. 1, 2011, the site also began offering video.
It is the second KCNA website available after a Tokyo-based site, but this site generally provides news first. It additionally carries KCNA photos, which are not available on the Japanese website.
History: The site appeared in early October and was the first to be found in North Korea’s new IP address space. It was renewed in early December to include Korean-language news. On Jan. 12, 2011, it became available via the star.edu.kp domain name. It had previously been accessible via an IP address only. On Jan. 21 its IP address changed and the Star.edu.kp domain name stopped working. The following day it launched it kcna.kp address.