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The Chosun Ilbo
Circulation
  • 5,262,070 news subscribers
    • 4,000,000+ digital-only
    • 1,212,208 print
    • 49,862 print for child
Websitechosun.com (in Korean) english.chosun.com (in English)
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJoseon Ilbo
McCune–ReischauerChosŏn Ilbo

The Chosun Ilbo (Korean조선일보, lit.'Korea Daily Newspaper') is a daily newspaper in South Korea[1][2][3][4] and the oldest active daily newspaper in the country.[9] With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000,[10] the Chosun Ilbo has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations was established in 1993.[11] Chosun Ilbo and its subsidiary company, Digital Chosun, operates the Chosun.com news website, which also publishes web versions of the newspaper in English, Chinese, and Japanese. The paper is considered a newspaper of record for South Korea.

History

The Chosun Ilbo Establishment Union was created in September 1919 while the Chosun Ilbo company was founded on 5 March 1920[9] by Sin Sogu.[12][13]

On 31 July 1940, the newspaper published "Lessons of American Realism", the fourth part of an editorial series.[14] Ten days later[14] - following issue 6,923 - the paper was declared officially discontinued by the Japanese ruling government. In the twenty years since its founding, the paper had been suspended by the Japanese government four times, and its issues confiscated over five hundred times before 1932.

When

Korea gained independence
in 1945, the Chosun Ilbo came back into publication after a five-year, three-month hiatus.

The paper is considered a newspaper of record in Korea.[15]

Subsidiaries

Besides the daily newspaper, the company also publishes the Weekly Chosun, the Monthly Chosun, Digital Chosun, Edu-Chosun, and ChosunBiz.

Controversies

The Chosun Ilbo has historically taken a hardline stance against North Korea. For example, it opposed South Korean President Kim Dae-jung's "Sunshine Policy". For this reason, it has attracted heavy criticism and threats from the North.[12]

On 31 May 2019, the newspaper reported that, based on "an unidentified source", the head diplomat of North Korea's nuclear envoy

Kim Jong-un.[22][23][24]

The Educational Broadcasting System's popular instructor Choi Tae-seong, sued a Chosun Ilbo reporter for publishing an article that defamed him as a supporter of North Korea.[25]

The Chosun Ilbo has been accused of being "chinilbanminjokhaengwi" (친일반민족행위, 親日反民族行爲, "pro-Japanese anti-nationalist activist"), because of controversy over its advocacy of the

Japanese Empire.[7] The Chosun Ilbo published articles described[by whom?] as excessively praising the Imperial House of Japan every year from 1938 to 1940. Until 1987, the newspaper had reported favorably on South Korea's military dictatorships.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b until 1987
  2. ^ a b until 1940, it was forcibly closed from 1940 to 1945.

References

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  5. ^ a b c d e f "친일·독재 찬양 흑역사는 쏙 뺀 조선일보의 '반쪽 100년사'" [Chosun Ilbo's '100-Year History of the Half', Excluding the Dark History of Praise of Pro-Japanese and Dictatorship]. The Hankyoreh. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023. . 일제강점기엔 일왕 생일 충성 맹세 / 5·16쿠데타 비호, 5·18 항쟁 먹칠 / 김일성 사망 오보 34년 만에 정정 / 고비마다 진실 비틀며 왜곡 일삼다.. [.Pledge of allegiance on the birthday of the emperor during the Japanese colonial era / Protection of the 5/16 coup d'état, disgrace of the 5/18 uprising / Misinformation on the death of Kim Il-sung corrected after 34 years / Twisted and distorted the truth at every juncture...]
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  7. ^ a b (pt. 1-3) 친일반민족행위 결정 이유서. 대통령소속친일반민족행위진상규명위원회. 2007. p. 2411.
  8. ^ . 조선일보의 위와 같은 보도는 일제의 침략 전쟁을 미화하고 나아가 일제 의 침략 전쟁에 조선을 후방 병참 기지화 ...
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  10. ^ Chosun Iilbo http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/11/30/2010113001011.html Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "The Asia-Pacific Perceptions Project". National Centre for Research on Europe. Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
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  15. . The prominent "big three" publications — Chosun Ilbo, Dong-A Ilbo, and Joongang Ilbo — are newspapers of record with a combined three million subscribers.
  16. ^ North Korea executes nuclear envoy to U.S. after failed Trump summit: report. Archived 2 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Kim Hjelmgaard. USA Today. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
  17. ^ North Korea executed top negotiator, purged others over failed Trump summit, report says. Archived 12 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine Victoria Kim. Los Angeles Times. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
  18. ^ North Korea 'executed' officials after failed Trump summit: report. Archived 4 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine France 24 TV. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
  19. ^ North Korea Executes Envoy to Failed U.S. Summit -Media; White House Monitoring. Archived 4 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Hyonhee Shin and Joyce Lee. U.S. News & World Report. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
  20. ^ US checking reports North Korea executed envoy, says Pompeo: South Korean paper claims Kim Hyok-chol has been killed and a negotiator put in forced labour. Archived 4 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Justin McCurry. The Guardian. London, England. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
  21. ^ US checking reports North Korea executed top official after Trump summit, Pompeo says. Archived 4 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine CNN. 1 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
  22. ^ Top North Korean official reappears days after purge report. Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press.. 3 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
  23. ^ Senior North Korean official reappears after 'forced labour' report: Photo shows Kim Yong-chol attended an art performance with Kim Jong-un on Sunday. Archived 4 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Daniel Hurst. The Guardian. 3 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
  24. ^ Purged? Not purged. Leading North Korean official reemerges in public. Archived 4 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Min Joo Kim and Simon Denyer . 3 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
  25. ^ Lee Hui-jin (이희진) (11 August 2011). "EBS 강사, 명예훼손 혐의로 조선일보 기자 고소". No Cut News (in Korean). Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.

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