Kcna.kp:朝鲜中央通讯社

Kcna.kp:朝鲜中央通讯社是朝鲜官方新闻媒体发布网站，每日更新朝鲜国内最新新闻动态，国际关系，朝鲜政治、经济、科技、文化、卫生等多方面的新闻，该网站成立于1946年12月5日成立，总部位于平壤。

朝鲜中央通讯社简称朝中社，为朝鲜民主主义人民共和国(北朝鲜)国营通讯社，并在中国、俄罗斯、古巴、印度、伊朗、埃及设有分社。朝中社发行日刊《朝鲜中央通讯》与《朝鲜中央年鉴》等刊物，除使用朝鲜语外，还用英语、俄语和西班牙语、汉语发布新闻稿。

Site Contents: The Korean Central News Agency is the main, state-run news organization. It is responsible for all news in North Korea and also distributes photos. The content is available in Korean, English, Spanish and Japanese. From Jan. 1, 2011, the site also began offering video.

It is the second KCNA website available after a Tokyo-based site, but this site generally provides news first. It additionally carries KCNA photos, which are not available on the Japanese website.

History: The site appeared in early October and was the first to be found in North Korea’s new IP address space. It was renewed in early December to include Korean-language news. On Jan. 12, 2011, it became available via the star.edu.kp domain name. It had previously been accessible via an IP address only. On Jan. 21 its IP address changed and the Star.edu.kp domain name stopped working. The following day it launched it kcna.kp address.