YTN is the world's first 24-hour Korean news channel broadcast around South Korea. It was founded on September 14, 1993, and began broadcasting on March 1, 1995.
The channel's previous slogans are "Yesterday, Today and Now" and "Your True Network", both of them being acronyms for the channel's name. The channel's three current slogans are "Always First", "Exclusive Tomorrow" and "Yes! Top News!". This channel also has the slogan, "Whenever and wherever there is news, we are there."