East Asia

  • Yonhap News

    Founded in 1980, Yonhap News emerged from the merger of South Korea’s three existing news agencies, thereby consolidating the country’s news-gathering infrastructure. Since 2003, it has held the formal status of the…

  • Chongnyon Jonwi

    Chongnyon Jonwi (청년전위), once known as Rodong Chongnyon, is the daily newspaper of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League—the youth arm of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party. Alongside Rodong Sinmun and Joson Inmingun, it ranks among…

  • China Daily

    Founded in June 1981, China Daily has blossomed into China’s most widely circulated English‑language newspaper.. Its main editorial hub is located in Chaoyang, Beijing, with branch offices across all major Chinese cities and…

  • Minju Choson

    Minju Choson (Democratic Korea) is the official mouthpiece of North Korea’s Cabinet and the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly—de facto the country’s second most authoritative newspaper after Rodong Sinmun. Launched in 1945 (initially under…

  • Rodongja Sinmun

    Rodongja Sinmun (로동자신문), which translates literally as “Workers’ Newspaper”, is the official publication of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea—North Korea’s state-controlled trade union body. Firmly anchored…

  • Economic Daily

    The Economic Daily traces its origins to the early 1980s, emerging as the successor to the China Financial and Trade Post. It officially began publication on January 1, 1983 under the auspices of the State Council….

  • Pyongyang Sinmun

    Pyongyang Sinmun (평양신문), literally “Pyongyang News,” is a daily newspaper published by the Workers’ Party of Korea’s Pyongyang Municipal Committee. Founded by Kim Il Sung on June 1, 1957, it functions as the municipality’s official…

  • Guangming Daily

    Established on June 16, 1949, Guangming Daily, also known as Enlightenment Daily, debuted as the official mouthpiece of the China Democratic League before coming under the aegis of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1982, later becoming…