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ABYZ News Links: North Korea (http://www.abyznewslinks.com/nkore.htm)
List of and links to Internet news media, national press agency, an English-language FM radio station, and newspapers from Pyongyang. Type of media is indicated as well as focus and language. Internet news is general interest and in English; other media links also general interest and a mix of Korean and English.

DailyNK (http://www.dailynk.com/english/)
Information about North Korea to include inside North Korea, defector’s stories, analysis, commentary, and interviews. From South Korea. In English, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. 

JoongAng Daily (http://joongangdaily.joins.com/)
[South] Korea’s leading daily provides major articles from JoongAng Ilbo (national news), in-depth reports on the foreign community in Korea, business coverage, opinion pieces, English clinic, and culture. Searchable. In Korean and English.

Korea Web Weekly  (http://www.kimsoft.com/korea.htm)
Independent nonpartisan, nonprofit educational Web on all things Korean. Includes archives. Provides North/South Korean news and links to other media Web sites. In Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and English.

Korean News (KCNA) / 조선통신사  (http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm)
KCNA is the official government-run news agency of North Korea. Presents government declarations and short items on the activities of President Kim Jong Il. Stories archived since December 1996. In Korean and English.

Koreascope (http://www.koreascope.org/)

Koreascope is a news and information service focusing on news about the Korean peninsula, with special emphasis on North Korea and the relations between North and South Korea—unification, exchanges and cooperation. Searchable. In Korean and English.

NKChosun.com  (http://nk.chosun.com/)
General information database provided by Chosun Ilbosa, a major daily newspaper in South Korea. Presents news, a factbook, information on economy, arts and culture, tourism, a directory of North Koreans, North Korea chronology (1945 to date), laws, geography, textbooks, North Korea specialists, photos, reports of human rights, historical documents and archives (including downloadable special reports to international organizations), and links to related resources. The archive is indexed by date and by document type. Searchable. In Korean.

The People's Korea  (http://www.korea-np.co.jp/pk/)
English version of Choson Sinbo. Includes information on foreign relations, inter-Korean relations, economy, military, history, culture, DPRK leadership. In Korean, Japanese, and English.

The Pyongyang Times  (http://www.times.dprkorea.com/)
The English weekly version newspaper by Pan-Pacific Economic Development Association of Korean Nationals.

The Unity Information Newspaper (T'ongil Chongbo Sinmun)  (http://www.unityinfo.co.kr/)
Provides general information related to unification, news, society, and culture of North Korea. Searchable. In Korean.

Yonhap T'ongsin / 연합뉴스  (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/)
Yonhap News Agency. Links to headlines, national [South Korea] news, North Korea news, and more. From South Korea. Searchable. In Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and English.

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