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Yonhap News Agency

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Yonhap News Agency

Summary

Yonhap News Agency is a news agency[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of news_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (679 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yonhap News Agency is in the country of South Korea[3].
  • Yonhap News Agency's instance of is recorded as news agency[4].
  • Yonhap News Agency's headquarters location is recorded as Jongno District[5].
  • Yonhap News Agency's child organization or unit is recorded as Yonhap News TV[6].
  • Yonhap News Agency's Commons category is recorded as Yonhap News Agency[7].
  • December 19, 1980 marks the founding of Yonhap News Agency[8].
  • Yonhap News Agency's narrative location is recorded as worldwide[9].
  • Yonhap News Agency's narrative location is recorded as South Korea[10].
  • Yonhap News Agency's narrative location is recorded as North Korea[11].
  • Yonhap News Agency's official website is recorded as http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/[12].
  • Yonhap News Agency's official website is recorded as https://www.yna.co.kr/[13].
  • Yonhap News Agency's official website is recorded as https://en.yna.co.kr/[14].
  • Yonhap News Agency's official website is recorded as https://ar.yna.co.kr/[15].
  • Yonhap News Agency's official website is recorded as https://fr.yna.co.kr/[16].
  • Yonhap News Agency's official website is recorded as https://jp.yna.co.kr[17].
  • Yonhap News Agency's official website is recorded as https://cn.yna.co.kr/[18].
  • Yonhap News Agency's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yonhap News Agency[19].
  • Yonhap News Agency's replaces is recorded as Joint Communication[20].
  • Yonhap News Agency's replaces is recorded as Dongyang Communication[21].
  • Yonhap News Agency's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '주식회사 연합뉴스'}[22].
  • Yonhap News Agency's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Yonhap News Agency'}[23].
  • Yonhap News Agency's legal form is recorded as jusik hoesa[24].
  • Yonhap News Agency's language used is recorded as Korean[25].
  • Yonhap News Agency's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+388000'}[26].
  • Yonhap News Agency's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+565000'}[27].

Body

Founding

December 19, 1980 marks the founding of Yonhap News Agency[8].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '주식회사 연합뉴스'}[22] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Yonhap News Agency'}[23].

Operations

Yonhap News Agency's headquarters location is recorded as Jongno District[5]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Yonhap News TV[6].

Why It Matters

Yonhap News Agency ranks in the top 8% of news_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (679 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

news agency North Korea South Korea

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . dart.fss.or.kr. dart.fss.or.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . dart.fss.or.kr. dart.fss.or.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . yna.co.kr. yna.co.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . dart.fss.or.kr. dart.fss.or.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . dart.fss.or.kr. dart.fss.or.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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