Yonhap provides news articles, pictures, and other information to newspapers, TV networks and other media in South Korea.

[3] In 1999, Naewoe merged with Yonhap News Agency,[1] with materials on North Korea continued to be "distributed for free as part of the government's propaganda effort".

[3] According to the U.S. Library of Congress, "Originally a propaganda vehicle that followed the government line on unification policy issued, Naowae Press became increasingly objective and moderate in tone in the mid-1980s in interpreting political, social, and economic developments in North Korea".

[4] Naowae's principal publication was the monthly magazine Vantage Point: Developments in North Korea, which continued to be published by Yonhap until its discontinuation in 2016.

[citation needed] Yonhap is South Korea's only news agency large enough to have some 60 correspondents abroad and 600 reporters across the nation.

[citation needed] In 2021, Yonhap partnered with the production company "Victory Contents" for a Korean drama screenplay contest.

[8] In 2003, the South Korean government passed a law giving financial and systematic assistance to the agency, to reinforce staff and provide equipment.