Welcome to Yonhap News Agency's website!

My name is Hwang Dae-il, the President and CEO of Yonhap News Agency.

Yonhap News is South Korea's leading news agency that reports domestic and international issues fairly and objectively the fastest.

Yonhap News, which was granted the status of the country's representative news agency under the News Agency Promotion Act, operates a dense reporting network at home and abroad 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to fulfill its "public responsibilities," such as protecting information sovereignty, eliminating the information gap and fulfilling the people's right to know.

Yonhap News not only covers international issues and issues related to the Korean Peninsula from our perspective, but also distributes news content acquired through article exchange agreements with 95 news agencies in 80 countries to over 1,000 clients, including domestic newspapers and broadcasters.

In addition, Yonhap News plays a role in accurately informing the world about Korea and preventing information distortion by foreign media by bringing major news from Korea to the world in six foreign languages: English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French and Arabic.

Yonhap News also plays a role in providing news from North Korea to the country most accurately and quickly through news distribution agreements with the North's Korean Central News Agency, Korean Central Television and others.

We operate the largest regional reporting network among domestic media outlets to reduce information gaps between regions and pursue balanced regional development. We are also making every effort to protect the lives and property of the people by establishing a rapid and accurate disaster reporting system.

The only fact-checking department in the domestic media operated by Yonhap News filters out misinformation that confuses the eyes and ears of the public and prevents the spread of fake news using deepfake technology.

To keep up with the rapidly changing digital media environment, we are strengthening our article production capabilities based on artificial intelligence.

Yonhap News will continue to become the country's representative news agency that lives up to the expectations of the people by increasing trust among readers through fair reporting centered on facts and truth and faithfully fulfilling its public roles.

Thank you.

Hwang Dae-il
President and CEO
Yonhap News Agency