Newsis

{{Short description|South Korean news agency}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox broadcasting network

| name = Newsis News Agency

| logo = KakaoTalk 20240731 152645753.png

| logo_size = 250

| headquarters = 12 Floor 173 Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea

| country = Republic of Korea

| airdate = {{Start date|2001|9|6}}

| available = Global

| founded = September 2001

| website = [http://www.newsis.com www.newsis.com]

| language = Korean

}}

Newsis News Agency ({{langx|ko|뉴시스통신사}}) or Newsis is a privately owned news agency in South Korea. Prior to the launch of Newsis, the Yonhap News Agency was the only news agency in South Korea. It was launched in September 2001.{{cite book|last1=Moon|first1=Mi-ri|title=International News Coverage and the Korean Conflict: The Challenges of Reporting Practices|date=March 21, 2019|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-981-13-6291-0|pages=61–95|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-6291-0_3|chapter=Historical Contexts of the Korean Press}}{{cite book|last1=Kim|first1=Dae-ho|title=Media Governance in Korea 1980–2017|date=February 10, 2018|publisher=Springer International Publishing|isbn=978-3-319-70302-2|pages=89–110|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-70302-2_8|chapter=2000 Broadcasting Act and 2005 Newspaper Act: Balancing Public and Market Interests|archive-date=March 4, 2024|access-date=March 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304105527/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-70302-2_8|url-status=live}} Newsis' news is only available in Korean.

The newspaper had a predecessor, News Syndicate Korea ({{Korean|hangul=뉴스신디케이트 코리아|labels=no}}) that was founded in 1995.{{cite web|last=Park|first=Nae-seon|date=August 13, 2020|script-title=ko:신문에 연일 '항의광고' 내는 '뉴시스' 사장|trans-title=Newsis CEO who puts out 'protest ads' in newspapers every day|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2003/04/19/2003041970065.html|access-date=July 24, 2024|website=The Chosun Ilbo|language=ko}} It took a legal battle that lasted several years to receive permission to register as a telecommunications company. Once permission was granted in June 2001, Newsis was founded.{{cite web|last=Kwon|first=Jae-hyun|date=July 10, 2001|script-title=ko:제2통신사 ‘뉴시스’탄생|trans-title=Birth of the second news agency 'Newsis'|url=https://www.khan.co.kr/culture/culture-general/article/200107101930001|access-date=July 24, 2024|website=Kyunghyang Shinmun|language=ko|archive-date=July 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726195539/https://www.khan.co.kr/culture/culture-general/article/200107101930001|url-status=live}}