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Korean Central News Agency

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Korean Central News Agency

Summary

Korean Central News Agency is a news agency[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of news_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (163 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Korean Central News Agency is located in Pyongyang[3].
  • Korean Central News Agency is in the country of North Korea[4].
  • Korean Central News Agency's instance of is recorded as news agency[5].
  • Korean Central News Agency's logo image is recorded as Logo of the Korean Central News Agency (new).svg[6].
  • Korean Central News Agency's headquarters location is recorded as Pyongyang[7].
  • Korean Central News Agency's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122885039[8].
  • Korean Central News Agency's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132553741[9].
  • Korean Central News Agency's GND ID is recorded as 253257-8[10].
  • Korean Central News Agency's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82216853[11].
  • Korean Central News Agency's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA13892336[12].
  • Korean Central News Agency's Commons category is recorded as Korean Central News Agency[13].
  • Korean Central News Agency's language of work or name is recorded as Korean[14].
  • Korean Central News Agency's industry is recorded as publishing[15].
  • +1946-12-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Korean Central News Agency[16].
  • Korean Central News Agency's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.02855, 'lon': 125.73818}[17].
  • Korean Central News Agency's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ys4j[18].
  • Korean Central News Agency's official website is recorded as http://kcna.kp/kp[19].
  • Korean Central News Agency's official website is recorded as http://kcna.kp/en[20].
  • Korean Central News Agency's official website is recorded as http://kcna.kp/cn[21].
  • Korean Central News Agency's official website is recorded as http://kcna.kp/ru[22].
  • Korean Central News Agency's official website is recorded as http://kcna.kp/jp[23].
  • Korean Central News Agency's official website is recorded as http://kcna.kp/es[24].
  • Korean Central News Agency's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ko-kp', 'text': '조선중앙통신사'}[25].
  • Korean Central News Agency's legal form is recorded as state-owned enterprise[26].
  • Korean Central News Agency's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'KCNA'}[27].

Body

Founding

+1946-12-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Korean Central News Agency[16].

Identity

Korean Central News Agency's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ko-kp', 'text': '조선중앙통신사'}[25]. Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'KCNA'}[27], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ЦТАК'}[28], and {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'ACNC'}[29].

Operations

Korean Central News Agency's headquarters location is recorded as Pyongyang[7].

Industry

Korean Central News Agency's industry is recorded as publishing[15].

Why It Matters

Korean Central News Agency ranks in the top 9% of news_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (163 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

news agency North Korea Pyongyang

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . kcna.kp. kcna.kp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . kcna.kp. kcna.kp. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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