A private newspaper under the same name was founded in 2003, with the intention of succeeding the role of the previous news program.

All episodes are available for viewing, free of charge, on the government-sponsored eHistory film archive website and on KTV's YouTube channel.

[1][2] The program, its predecessors, and successors have their origins in a film company established in 1942, during the 1910–1945 Japanese colonial period.

[3][4][5] During the 1950–1953 Korean War, Busan served as the provisional capital of the South, and the films were produced and aired there.

In January 1953, the program was renamed to roughly its current form: Korean News (대한뉴-스 [sic]).

Two to three times a month, 16 mm films were produced and displayed on mobile projectors for the army and populus, although mainly in Busan.

On November 25, 1953, after the Korean Armistice Agreement marking the de facto end of the war, the program's Hangul title was transliterated slightly differently (대한늬우스).

Beginning with its January 23, 1970 episode, the program began to use the name Homeland News (고국소식; 故國消息).