North Korea's official
news agency and
mouthpiece. It claims to speak for the ruling
Worker's Party of Korea and the government of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, arguably the most
authoritarian regime in the world. It was founded on
December 5, 1946 and is based in the capital
Pyongyang.
The KCNA collects and disseminates news and information within North Korea, and to the world in different languages, including English, Russian and Spanish. It runs newspapers, radio and, since 1996, its own website. The server is based in arch-rival Japan (www.kcna.co.jp), and while its communiques are still written in an angry but flowery style, it fortunately has ceased publishing entirely in UPPER CASE.