JoongAng Ilbo

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The JoongAng
Front page of JoongAng Ilbo (31 March 2015)
TypeDaily Newspaper
FormatBerliner
Owner(s)
  • Samsung (1965–1999)
  • JoongAng Holdings Ltd. (1999–present)
Founder(s)Lee Byung-chul
PublisherChang-hee Park
FoundedSeptember 22, 1965
Political alignmentConservatism[1][2][3]
Moderate conservatism[4][5]
Centre-right[8] to right-wing[11]
Websitejoins.com
joongang.co.kr
Korean name
Hangul
중앙일보
Hanja
中央日報
Revised RomanizationJungangilbo
McCune–ReischauerChungang-ilbo
JoongAng Ilbo headquarters

The JoongAng, formally known as JoongAng Ilbo (lit.'Central Daily'), is a South Korean

Megabox
.

History

It was first published on September 22, 1965, by

Samsung Group which once owned the Tongyang Broadcasting Company (TBC).[13] In 1980, JoongAng Ilbo gave up TBC and TBC merged with KBS. JoongAng Ilbo is the pioneer in South Korea for the use of horizontal copy layout, topical sections, and specialist reporters with investigative reporting teams. Since April 15, 1995, JoongAng Ilbo has been laid out horizontally and also became a morning newspaper from then on. In 1999, JoongAng Ilbo was separated from Samsung.[14] As of March 18, 2007, it has produced a Sunday edition called JoongAng Sunday
.

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

English and international issues

The

International New York Times
.

JoongAng Ilbo also publishes a United States edition, with branches from Toronto to Buenos Aires. Its parent company, Joongang Media Network (JMNet) holds publication rights to Korean editions of Newsweek and Forbes as well as 25% of the shares of JTBC cable TV.

Criticism

JoongAng Ilbo is considered by some critics as part of

Korean liberals criticize Chojoongdong primarily because of their conservative-biased editorial stances and doing business in a collusive and surreptitious manner. As of 2010, the market share of Chosun, Joong-ang and Dong-a Ilbo is 24.3%, 21.8%, and 18.3%, respectively.[19]

See also

References

  1. . ... We analyzed three of the most widely-circulated newspapers representing the conservative perspective, Chosun Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo, and DongA Ilbo, together referred to as "Cho-Jung-Dong."18 Two progressive newspapers, ...
  2. . ... In particular, the biggest newspaper companies, the Chosun Ilbo, the Joongang Ilbo, and the Dong-A Ilbo, are very conservative. This conservative position functions as a very strong tool of creating propaganda when combined with ...
  3. . ... Choi (2005) claimed that the ideology of authoritarianism and the Cold War system was repackaged and reproduced as conservative political ideology through conservative mass media, such as Chosun Ilbo, Dong-A Ilbo, and JoongAng Ilbo. ...
  4. .
  5. . Joongang Ilbo is considered a more moderate conservative daily and also publishes its English edition, Korea Joongang Daily, in an alliance with the International New York Times. These big three Korean newspapers have significant influences on ...
  6. ^ "Who's Right About the New US-South Korea Joint Military Exercise?". The Diplomat. March 8, 2019. The editorial boards of the center-right JoongAng Ilbo and right-leaning Chosun Ilbo newspapers were in staunch opposition.
  7. ^ "North Korea and mounting tensions: The view from Seoul". Al Jazeera. April 14, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2021. "A pre-emptive strike could trigger a second Korean War," wrote Kim Young-hie, a columnist for the right-of-centre JoongAng Ilbo newspaper, on Thursday.
  8. ^ [6][7]
  9. ^ "South Korea's Power Structure Hacked, Digital Trail Leads to China". Fast Company. October 19, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2023. According to Kang Min-Seok and Lee Ka-Young of the right-wing JoongAng Ilbo newspaper –who publish an English edition in conjunction with the International Herald Tribune — numerous government memos were sent out in 2010 urging caution against potential malware hackers
  10. ^ "'The Interview' as anti-North Korean propaganda". NK News. March 9, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2023. ... The right-wing JoongAng Ilbo compared it to "junk food" and concluded that: ...
  11. ^ [9][10]
  12. ^ "The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia". Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  13. ^ "Lee Byung-Chul, Chairman of Samsung Group, passed away". littlekorea.org. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  14. .
  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. ^ "Idaho Sen. Risch warns of war of 'biblical proportions' with North Korea". The Spokesman-Review. February 21, 2018.
  17. . Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  18. ^ Kim Sang-chul(김상철) (December 10, 2003). 조중동서 중앙 분리 글쎄요. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  19. . Retrieved February 6, 2018.

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