Taedong Kongbo (Vladivostok)

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Taedong Kongbo
Cover of the October 8, 1909 edition
FoundedNovember 18, 1908 (1908-11-18)
LanguageKorean (Hangul)
Ceased publicationSeptember 1, 1910 (1910-09-01)
CityVladivostok
CountryRussian Empire

Taedong Kongbo (Korean: 대동공보; Hanja: 大東共報; RR: Daedong Gongbo; Russian: Тэдонг конгбо) was a Korean-language newspaper published in Vladivostok, Russian Empire from 1908 to 1910. It briefly changed its name to Taedong Sinbo (대동신보; 大東新報) before its closure.

It is not to be confused with a Korean-American newspaper of a similar name (same romanized and Hangul name, but different Hanja: 大同公報).[1]

It was one of a series of Korean-language newspapers published in Vladivostok. It followed the 1908 Haejo Sinmun, and was succeeded by 1911 Taeyangbo and 1912–1914 Kwŏnŏp Sinmun.[2]

History

There was a significant population of Koreans in Vladivostok that congregated in an enclave called Kaechŏk-ri (개척리; 開拓里) around this time.[3] By 1908, the Korean population was 45,900.[3] This population was some of the ancestors of the modern Koryo-saram: ethnic Koreans of the mainland former Soviet Union.[4]

The newspaper was founded on November 18, 1908,[5] soon after the closure of a previous Korean-language newspaper published in Vladivostok, Haejo Sinmun.[3][1] The Taedong Kongbo's staff took over the equipment and used it to print their paper.[1] It published out of addresses No. 600 and 469 on the street.[6] The facilities are no longer extant, and are in fact in one of Vladivostok's busiest and most expensive streets.[7] The new paper's president was Ch'a Sŏk-po (차석보; 車錫甫), editor Yu Chin-yul (유진율; 兪鎭律), lead writer Yun P'il-pong (윤필봉; 尹弼鳳). Its publisher was a retired Russian general and lawyer named Mikhailov.[3] The newspaper also employed independence activists Yi Kang [ko] and Chŏng Chae-kwan [ko], who had previously worked on the Konglip Sinbo newspaper in San Francisco.[5] It published twice per week, every Sunday and Wednesday.[3]

The newspaper was distributed elsewhere in Russia and internationally as well. It was shipped to the Korean diaspora

Taehan Maeil Sinbo; they shared information to each other and worked to distribute each other's issues.[5] Some of its staff even went to go work for the Taehan,[5] and it overall employed reporters from both America and Korea.[1]

The newspaper and its company (대동공보사; 大東共報社) championed the

Korean independence activist An Jung-geun was involved in the paper, and contributed at least one article to it.[3] In October 1909, An and the company learned that the former Japanese Resident-General of Korea, Itō Hirobumi, would visit Harbin. They developed a plot to assassinate Itō, which An executed.[10][3][11]

The paper struggled with a lack of funding for much of its history. Ch'oe Chae-hyŏng [ko] became the paper's president, and in 1910 began donating money each month to cover its expenses. The paper changed its name on August 18, 1910, to Taedong Sinbo.[3][8]

However, Russia and Japan signed an agreement in July 1910, in which Russia would regulate the behavior of its Korean residents.[8] In August,[12] Vladivostok issued Order No. 135,[13] under which the newspaper closed on September 1, 1910.[8][1] The Vladivostok Korean community repeatedly petitioned Vladivostok for permission to start a new newspaper.[14] One request finally succeeded, and on June 5, 1911, a successor paper was founded by the youth group Ch'ŏngnyŏn Kŭnŏphoe (청년근업회; 靑年勤業會) entitled Taeyangbo.[1][13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g 정, 진석 (2020-08-02). "[제국의 황혼 '100년전 우리는'] [144] 연해주의 抗日신문과 언론인들". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  2. ^ 정, 진석 (2020-08-02). "[제국의 황혼 '100년전 우리는'] [144] 연해주의 抗日신문과 언론인들". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 박, 정규. "대동공보 (大東共報)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  4. ^ "블라디보스토크의 한인마을은 왜 신한촌이라고 불리게 되었을까?". Encyclopedia of Overseas Korean Culture.
  5. ^ a b c d 정 2013, p. 76.
  6. ^ 강, 창구 (August 14, 2009). "<8.15 특집> ③'흔적도 없는 러, 신한촌'" [Liberation Day Special No. 3 'Place Without a Trace, Shinhanchon']. Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  7. ^ 이, 희용 (2017-07-24). "[고려인 강제이주 80년] ⑥ 신한촌의 어제와 오늘". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  8. ^ a b c d "러시아지역". 우리역사넷. National Institute of Korean History. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  9. ^ 정 2013, p. 79.
  10. ^ "러시아에서 눈물 젖은 '서울 스까야'를 걷다". Pressian (in Korean). 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  11. ^ 이, 윤옥 (2017-01-24). "시베리아 항일 독립운동의 대부, 최재형 선생님께". 우리문화신문. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  12. ^ Park 2016, p. 184.
  13. ^ a b 정 2013, p. 77.
  14. ^ a b "러시아지역 한인신문 약사". 재외동포신문 (in Korean). 2003-07-14. Retrieved 2024-02-13.

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