South Korea's Yonhap News Agency Launches Mobile Version of Official Website

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Yonhap News Agency, a Seoul-based publicly-funded news agency, has developed a mobile version of its official website to distribute news content over wireless phones. The new site, accessible from any mobile gadget with wireless Internet capability, carries around 3,000 news stories a day compiled by Yonhap's 550 reporters from inside the country and abroad. The service provides photo and video coverage, with news offered in four languages: Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese. Yonhap plans to make its mobile news service available for free download via the online applications store for Apple Inc.'s iPhone this month.

Key Takeaways:

  • Yonhap News Agency has developed a mobile version of its official website (http://m.yonhapnews.co.kr or http://m.yna.co.kr) to provide real-time news coverage for consumers on the go.
  • The mobile site is accessible from any mobile gadget with wireless Internet capability, regardless of the user's mobile carrier.
  • The site carries around 3,000 news stories a day, compiled by Yonhap's 550 reporters from inside the country and abroad.
  • The service provides photo and video coverage, with news offered in Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese, and will be available in Arabic, Spanish, and French in the near future.
  • Yonhap plans to make its mobile news service available for free download via the Apple iPhone's online applications store this month.
  • The mobile news service is part of Yonhap's efforts to provide a wide array of news coverage for consumers on the go.
  • The service is optimized for consumers who want to stay informed about current events, with news and updates available in real-time.

Statistics:

  • 3,000: The number of news stories carried on the mobile site each day.
  • 550: The number of reporters working for Yonhap to compile news stories for the mobile site.
  • 4: The number of languages in which news is currently available on the mobile site (Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese).
  • 3: The number of additional languages in which news will be available on the mobile site in the near future (Arabic, Spanish, and French).

Sources:

  • (Yonhap)