Seoul Shinmun
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Seoul Shinmun (Korean: 서울신문; lit. Seoul Newspaper) is a Korean-language daily newspaper published in South Korea.
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Seoul Newspaper Co., Ltd. |
Founder(s) | Ernest Bethell |
Founded | 29 June 1904 (1904-06-29) (Korea Times) |
Language | Korean |
Relaunched | 30 August 1910 (Maeil Sinbo) 23 November 1945 (current name) |
Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
Circulation | 780,000 |
Website | www |
Seoul Shinmun | |
Hangul | |
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Hanja | 서울新聞 |
Revised Romanization | Seoul Sinmun |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏul Sinmun |
The newspaper claims descendency from a newspaper established by Englishman Ernest Bethell in Korea on 29 June 1904 called The Korea Daily News (Daehan Maeil Shinbo). It published in both English and Korean, and soon became significantly influential due to its ability to publish critically about the Japanese government, which was rapidly encroaching on Korean sovereignty at the time. However, mounting pressure caused it to be sold in 1910. It renamed to Maeil Sinbo, and largely published along Japanese colonial government lines. After the liberation of Korea, the newspaper was seized by the United States Army Military Government in Korea in November 1945 and reorganized as Seoul Shinmun. The paper continued under this name, although it briefly published under the name Jinjung Shinmun during the Korean War and for several years afterwards.
Circulation is an estimated 780,000 issues a day.