Global newswire summit adopts the Seoul Declaration

By Yoo Cheong-moSEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Global newswire industry leaders concluded the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) Summit Congress in Seoul Saturday, pledging to deepen cooperation and exchanges in multimedia and broadcasting in the face of numerous challenges posed by the unfolding digital media revolution. The OANA Summit Congress, co-hosted by South Korea's Yonhap News Agency and OANA, brought together about 90 CEOs and representatives of 44 newswire services from 35 countries and produced the Seoul Declaration, a joint statement calling for widening multilateral and bilateral cooperation in various new media fields. Almost all delegates to the four-day summit departed from Korea Saturday afternoon after participating in tours of major Korean industrial and cultural facilities in the Seoul metropolitan area. The global media leaders highlighted the acute need for multimedia and broadcasting cooperation through the Seoul Declaration and d... Full story