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{{short description|Newspaper in Korea}}
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| foundation = 5 March 1920
| foundation = 5 March 1920
| owners = Chosun Ilbo Co.
| owners = Chosun Ilbo Co.
| political = <!---IMPORTANT: Please do not change paper's political alignment without any further discussion on the talk page.--->{{Nowrap|[[Right-wing]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_editorial/759490.html|title=The Chosun Ilbo should now shed its unreasonable power-player mindset|quote=Over the years, the right-wing Chosun Ilbo has been all but omnipotent as a media force.|work=[[The Hankyoreh]]|date=1 Sep 2016}}</ref> to [[far-right]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=269707|title=Moon slams LKP for defending info leak|quote=DPK lawmakers strongly criticized Khang ― a former managing editor of the ultra-right Chosun Ilbo daily newspaper from March 2013 to September 2015 ― saying the leak will cause diplomatic problems between Seoul and Washington and also have a major impact on mutual trust between President Moon and Trump.|work=The Korea Times|date=29 May 2019}}</ref>}}
| political = {{Nowrap|[[Conservative]], [[Right-wing]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burrett |first1=Tina |last2=Kingston |first2=Jeff |title=Press Freedom in Contemporary Asia |date=2020 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York, NY |isbn=9781138584839}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Sangwon |last2=Paik |first2=Jihyun |title=How partisan newspapers represented a pandemic: the case of the Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea |journal=Asian Journal of Communication |date=2017 |volume=27 |issue=1 |page=82-96 |doi=10.1080/01292986.2016.1235592}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jo |first1=Wonkwang |last2=You |first2=Myoungsoon |title=News media’s framing of health policy and its implications for government communication: A text mining analysis of news coverage on a policy to expand health insurance coverage in South Korea |journal=Health Policy |date=2019 |volume=123 |issue=11 |page=1116-1124 |doi=10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.07.011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Kisun |last2=Shahin |first2=Saif |title=Ideological parallelism: toward a transnational understanding of the protest paradigm |journal=Social Movement Studies |date=2019 |doi=10.1080/14742837.2019.1681956}}</ref>}}
| headquarters = [[Jung-gu, Seoul|Jung-gu]], [[Seoul]], [[Republic of Korea]]
| headquarters = [[Jung-gu, Seoul|Jung-gu]], [[Seoul]], [[Republic of Korea]]
| editor = Park Doo-Sik
| editor = Kim Chang-Kyoon
| language = [[Korean language|Korean]]
| language = [[Korean language|Korean]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.chosun.com/}} (main site)
| website = {{URL|http://www.chosun.com/}} (main site)
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{{Culture of Korea}}
{{Culture of Korea}}
'''''The Chosun Ilbo''''' ({{ko-hhrm|조선일보|朝鮮日報}}) is a leading [[newspaper]] in South Korea with a conservative and right-wing perspective.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burrett |first1=Tina |last2=Kingston |first2=Jeff |title=Press Freedom in Contemporary Asia |date=2020 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York, NY |isbn=9781138584839}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Sangwon |last2=Paik |first2=Jihyun |title=How partisan newspapers represented a pandemic: the case of the Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea |journal=Asian Journal of Communication |date=2017 |volume=27 |issue=1 |page=82-96 |doi=10.1080/01292986.2016.1235592}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jo |first1=Wonkwang |last2=You |first2=Myoungsoon |title=News media’s framing of health policy and its implications for government communication: A text mining analysis of news coverage on a policy to expand health insurance coverage in South Korea |journal=Health Policy |date=2019 |volume=123 |issue=11 |page=1116-1124 |doi=10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.07.011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Kisun |last2=Shahin |first2=Saif |title=Ideological parallelism: toward a transnational understanding of the protest paradigm |journal=Social Movement Studies |date=2019 |doi=10.1080/14742837.2019.1681956}}</ref> With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000,<ref>Chosun Iilbo http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/11/30/2010113001011.html</ref> the ''Chosun Ilbo'' has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations was established in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europe.canterbury.ac.nz/appp/media_analysis/paper_sources.shtml |title=The Asia-Pacific Perceptions Project |work=National Centre for Research on Europe |publisher=[[University of Canterbury]] |location=Christchurch, New Zealand}}</ref> ''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 Chosun Ilbo''''' ({{ko-hhrm|조선일보|朝鮮日報}}) is a major ultra-conservative [[newspaper]]{{nowrap|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.dw.com/en/north-korea-fake-news-on-both-sides-is-the-norm/a-49042595|title=North Korea: Fake news on both sides is the norm|quote=An article in one of South Korea's largest dailies, the ultraconservative Chosun Ilbo, made further headlines worldwide on Friday.|work=[[Deutsche Welle]]|date=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Sung-Yul Park|url=https://books.google.gr/books?id=4G4gfSGcoecC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Local Construction of a Global Language: Ideologies of English in South Korea|page=67|publisher=[[Walter de Gruyter]]|date=7 April 2009|isbn=3110214075}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author= Sunyoung Park|url=https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=QPeKDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=ko#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Revisiting Minjung: New Perspectives on the Cultural History of 1980s South Korea|page=27|year=2019|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn= 9780472054121}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Friedman, Sung Chull Kim|title=Regional Co-operation and Its Enemies in Northeast Asia: The Impact of Domestic Forces|url=https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=nMR8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT2&dq=Regional+Co-operation+and+Its+Enemies+in+Northeast+Asia:+The+Impact+of+Domestic+Forces&hl=ko&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJ94z4lvvkAhWhxIsBHRTkAOEQ6AEwAHoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false|quote=In August 2005, a survey by an ultra- conservative newspaper Chosun Ilbo found that 65.9 percent of young generations (under 25 years ...|year=2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-1341-49704}}</ref>}} in [[South Korea]]. With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000,<ref>Chosun Iilbo http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/11/30/2010113001011.html</ref> the ''Chosun Ilbo'' has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations was established in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europe.canterbury.ac.nz/appp/media_analysis/paper_sources.shtml |title=The Asia-Pacific Perceptions Project |work=National Centre for Research on Europe |publisher=[[University of Canterbury]] |location=Christchurch, New Zealand}}</ref> ''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.


==History==
==History==
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== Controversy ==
== Controversy ==
{{see also|Chojoongdong}}
{{see also|Chojoongdong}}
On 31 May 2019, the newspaper reported that, based on "an unidentified source", the head diplomat of North Korea's nuclear envoy [[Kim Hyok-chol]], had been executed by a North Korean Government firing squad.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/05/31/north-korea-executes-senior-officials-over-failed-trump-summit-report/1296383001/ ''North Korea executes nuclear envoy to U.S. after failed Trump summit: report.''] Kim Hjelmgaard. USA Today. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-north-korea-purge-hanoi-20190531-story.html?amp ''North Korea executed top negotiator, purged others over failed Trump summit, report says.''] Victoria Kim. Los Angeles Times. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/20190531-north-korea-executed-officials-kim-trump-summit-vietnam-usa ''North Korea 'executed' officials after failed Trump summit: report.''] France 24 TV. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-05-30/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-carrying-out-purge-after-hanoi-summit-collapse-chosun-ilbo ''North Korea Executes Envoy to Failed U.S. Summit -Media; White House Monitoring.''] Hyonhee Shin and Joyce Lee. US News and World Report. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/31/north-korea-executes-envoy-to-us-after-trump-summit-failures ''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.''] Justin McCurry. The Guardian. London, England. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://m.cnn.com/en/article/h_6296d295e0e3f2014fdfcc1b013de43a ''US checking reports North Korea executed top official after Trump summit, Pompeo says.''] CNN. 1 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref> However, two days later, on 2 June 2019, the top diplomat was seen at a concert sitting a few seats away for North Korea's leader [[Kim Jong-un]].<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/top-north-korean-official-reappears-days-purge-report-63442387 ''Top North Korean official reappears days after purge report.''] Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press.''. 3 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/03/senior-north-korean-official-kim-yong-chol-reappears-after-forced-labour-report ''Senior North Korean official reappears after 'forced labour' report: Photo shows Kim Yong-chol attended an art performance with Kim Jong-un on Sunday.''] Daniel Hurst. The Guardian. 3 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/purged-not-purged-leading-north-korean-official-re-emerges-in-public/2019/06/03/fbb55d02-85f6-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.html ''Purged? Not purged. Leading North Korean official reemerges in public.''] Min Joo Kim and Simon Denyer . 3 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref>
On 31 May 2019, the newspaper reported that, based on "an unidentified source", the head diplomat of North Korea's nuclear envoy [[Kim Hyok-chol]], had been executed by a North Korean Government firing squad.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/05/31/north-korea-executes-senior-officials-over-failed-trump-summit-report/1296383001/ ''North Korea executes nuclear envoy to U.S. after failed Trump summit: report.''] Kim Hjelmgaard. USA Today. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-north-korea-purge-hanoi-20190531-story.html?amp ''North Korea executed top negotiator, purged others over failed Trump summit, report says.''] Victoria Kim. Los Angeles Times. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/20190531-north-korea-executed-officials-kim-trump-summit-vietnam-usa ''North Korea 'executed' officials after failed Trump summit: report.''] France 24 TV. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-05-30/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-carrying-out-purge-after-hanoi-summit-collapse-chosun-ilbo ''North Korea Executes Envoy to Failed U.S. Summit -Media; White House Monitoring.''] Hyonhee Shin and Joyce Lee. US News and World Report. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/31/north-korea-executes-envoy-to-us-after-trump-summit-failures ''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.''] Justin McCurry. The Guardian. London, England. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://m.cnn.com/en/article/h_6296d295e0e3f2014fdfcc1b013de43a ''US checking reports North Korea executed top official after Trump summit, Pompeo says.''] CNN. 1 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref> However, two days later, on 2 June 2019, the top diplomat was seen at a concert sitting a few seats away for North Korea's leader [[Kim Jong-un]].<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/top-north-korean-official-reappears-days-purge-report-63442387 ''Top North Korean official reappears days after purge report.''] Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press. 3 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/03/senior-north-korean-official-kim-yong-chol-reappears-after-forced-labour-report ''Senior North Korean official reappears after 'forced labour' report: Photo shows Kim Yong-chol attended an art performance with Kim Jong-un on Sunday.''] Daniel Hurst. The Guardian. 3 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/purged-not-purged-leading-north-korean-official-re-emerges-in-public/2019/06/03/fbb55d02-85f6-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.html ''Purged? Not purged. Leading North Korean official reemerges in public.''] Min Joo Kim and Simon Denyer . 3 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Lee Hui-jin (이희진) |title=EBS 강사, 명예훼손 혐의로 조선일보 기자 고소 |date=11 August 2011 |url=http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/show.asp?idx=1885827 |work=Nocut News |accessdate=17 September 2011 |language=Korean}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|South Korea|Journalism}}
*[[Chojoongdong]]
*[[List of newspapers in South Korea]]
*[[Communications in South Korea]]
*[[Issues in reporting on North Korea]]
*[[List of Korea-related topics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Chosun Ilbo}}
*{{Official website|http://english.chosun.com/}} {{in lang|en}}

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==History==
{{Unreferenced section|date=March 2015}}

The ''Chosun Ilbo'' Establishment Union was created in September 1919, and the ''Chosun Ilbo'' company was founded on 5 March 1920. The newspaper was critical of, and sometimes directly opposed to, the actions of the Japanese government during [[Japanese occupation of Korea|Japanese colonial rule]] (1910–1945).

On 27 August 1920, the ''Chosun Ilbo'' was suspended after it published an editorial criticizing what it said was the use of excessive force by the Japanese police against Korean citizens. This was the first in a string of suspensions. On 5 September 1920, three days after the first suspension was lifted, the newspaper published an editorial, "Did the Japanese central governing body shut down our newspaper?" Then, ''Chosun Ilbo'' was given an indefinite suspension.

In 1927, the ''Chosun Ilbo''{{'}}s editor and publisher were arrested. The editor was also the chief staff writer. The alleged offense in this case was an editorial describing the mistreatment of prisoners by the colonial government. In May of the same year, in response to an editorial criticizing the deployment of troops into [[Shandong]], the newspaper was suspended for a fourth time - in this case for 133 days. The publisher and chief staff writer, An Jae-hong, were again imprisoned.

After these events, the ''Chosun Ilbo'' remained at the forefront of events, trying to improve general public life and sponsoring collaborative events. This was a turbulent period; within the space of three years, the president was replaced three times. On 21 December 1935, in opposition to compulsory Japanese education and plans to assimilate the Korean people and language, the ''Chosun Ilbo'' published 100,000 Korean-language textbooks nationwide.

Over the years, the ''Chosun Ilbo'' company also published many additional titles, including a monthly current affairs magazine, ''Youth Chosun'', the first of its kind in Korea. Others included its sister publication, ''Jogwang''.

In the summer of 1940, 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 [[Liberation of Korea|Korea gained independence]] in 1945, the ''Chosun Ilbo'' came back into publication after a five-year, three-month hiatus.

== Subsidiaries ==
Besides the daily newspaper, the company also publishes the weekly ''Jugan Chosun'', the monthly ''Wolgan Chosun'' and other newspapers and magazines. Subsidiaries include Digital Chosun, Wolgan Chosun, Edu-Chosun, and ChosunBiz.

== Controversy ==
{{see also|Chojoongdong}}
On 31 May 2019, the newspaper reported that, based on "an unidentified source", the head diplomat of North Korea's nuclear envoy [[Kim Hyok-chol]], had been executed by a North Korean Government firing squad.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/05/31/north-korea-executes-senior-officials-over-failed-trump-summit-report/1296383001/ ''North Korea executes nuclear envoy to U.S. after failed Trump summit: report.''] Kim Hjelmgaard. USA Today. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-north-korea-purge-hanoi-20190531-story.html?amp ''North Korea executed top negotiator, purged others over failed Trump summit, report says.''] Victoria Kim. Los Angeles Times. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/20190531-north-korea-executed-officials-kim-trump-summit-vietnam-usa ''North Korea 'executed' officials after failed Trump summit: report.''] France 24 TV. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-05-30/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-carrying-out-purge-after-hanoi-summit-collapse-chosun-ilbo ''North Korea Executes Envoy to Failed U.S. Summit -Media; White House Monitoring.''] Hyonhee Shin and Joyce Lee. US News and World Report. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/31/north-korea-executes-envoy-to-us-after-trump-summit-failures ''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.''] Justin McCurry. The Guardian. London, England. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://m.cnn.com/en/article/h_6296d295e0e3f2014fdfcc1b013de43a ''US checking reports North Korea executed top official after Trump summit, Pompeo says.''] CNN. 1 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref> However, two days later, on 2 June 2019, the top diplomat was seen at a concert sitting a few seats away for North Korea's leader [[Kim Jong-un]].<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/top-north-korean-official-reappears-days-purge-report-63442387 ''Top North Korean official reappears days after purge report.''] Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press.''. 3 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/03/senior-north-korean-official-kim-yong-chol-reappears-after-forced-labour-report ''Senior North Korean official reappears after 'forced labour' report: Photo shows Kim Yong-chol attended an art performance with Kim Jong-un on Sunday.''] Daniel Hurst. The Guardian. 3 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/purged-not-purged-leading-north-korean-official-re-emerges-in-public/2019/06/03/fbb55d02-85f6-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.html ''Purged? Not purged. Leading North Korean official reemerges in public.''] Min Joo Kim and Simon Denyer . 3 June 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.</ref>


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]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Lee Hui-jin (이희진) |title=EBS 강사, 명예훼손 혐의로 조선일보 기자 고소 |date=11 August 2011 |url=http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/show.asp?idx=1885827 |work=Nocut News |accessdate=17 September 2011 |language=Korean}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Lee Hui-jin (이희진) |title=EBS 강사, 명예훼손 혐의로 조선일보 기자 고소 |date=11 August 2011 |url=http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/show.asp?idx=1885827 |work=Nocut News |accessdate=17 September 2011 |language=Korean}}</ref>

Revision as of 01:09, 8 April 2020

The Chosun Ilbo
Korean written in Hanja.
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Chosun Ilbo Co.
EditorKim Chang-Kyoon
Founded5 March 1920
Political alignmentRight-wing[1] to far-right[2]
LanguageKorean
HeadquartersJung-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Circulation1,800,000+
Websitewww.chosun.com (main site) english.chosun.com (English edition)
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJoseon Ilbo
McCune–ReischauerChosŏn Ilbo

The Chosun Ilbo (Korean조선일보; Hanja朝鮮日報) is a major ultra-conservative newspaper[3][4][5][6] in South Korea. With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000,[7] the Chosun Ilbo has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations was established in 1993.[8] 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.

History

The Chosun Ilbo Establishment Union was created in September 1919, and the Chosun Ilbo company was founded on 5 March 1920. The newspaper was critical of, and sometimes directly opposed to, the actions of the Japanese government during Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945).

On 27 August 1920, the Chosun Ilbo was suspended after it published an editorial criticizing what it said was the use of excessive force by the Japanese police against Korean citizens. This was the first in a string of suspensions. On 5 September 1920, three days after the first suspension was lifted, the newspaper published an editorial, "Did the Japanese central governing body shut down our newspaper?" Then, Chosun Ilbo was given an indefinite suspension.

In 1927, the Chosun Ilbo's editor and publisher were arrested. The editor was also the chief staff writer. The alleged offense in this case was an editorial describing the mistreatment of prisoners by the colonial government. In May of the same year, in response to an editorial criticizing the deployment of troops into Shandong, the newspaper was suspended for a fourth time - in this case for 133 days. The publisher and chief staff writer, An Jae-hong, were again imprisoned.

After these events, the Chosun Ilbo remained at the forefront of events, trying to improve general public life and sponsoring collaborative events. This was a turbulent period; within the space of three years, the president was replaced three times. On 21 December 1935, in opposition to compulsory Japanese education and plans to assimilate the Korean people and language, the Chosun Ilbo published 100,000 Korean-language textbooks nationwide.

Over the years, the Chosun Ilbo company also published many additional titles, including a monthly current affairs magazine, Youth Chosun, the first of its kind in Korea. Others included its sister publication, Jogwang.

In the summer of 1940, 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.

Subsidiaries

Besides the daily newspaper, the company also publishes the weekly Jugan Chosun, the monthly Wolgan Chosun and other newspapers and magazines. Subsidiaries include Digital Chosun, Wolgan Chosun, Edu-Chosun, and ChosunBiz.

Controversy

On 31 May 2019, the newspaper reported that, based on "an unidentified source", the head diplomat of North Korea's nuclear envoy Kim Hyok-chol, had been executed by a North Korean Government firing squad.[9][10][11][12][13][14] However, two days later, on 2 June 2019, the top diplomat was seen at a concert sitting a few seats away for North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.[15][16][17]

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.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Chosun Ilbo should now shed its unreasonable power-player mindset". The Hankyoreh. 1 September 2016. Over the years, the right-wing Chosun Ilbo has been all but omnipotent as a media force.
  2. ^ "Moon slams LKP for defending info leak". The Korea Times. 29 May 2019. DPK lawmakers strongly criticized Khang ― a former managing editor of the ultra-right Chosun Ilbo daily newspaper from March 2013 to September 2015 ― saying the leak will cause diplomatic problems between Seoul and Washington and also have a major impact on mutual trust between President Moon and Trump.
  3. ^ "North Korea: Fake news on both sides is the norm". Deutsche Welle. 3 June 2019. An article in one of South Korea's largest dailies, the ultraconservative Chosun Ilbo, made further headlines worldwide on Friday.
  4. ^ Joseph Sung-Yul Park (7 April 2009). The Local Construction of a Global Language: Ideologies of English in South Korea. Walter de Gruyter. p. 67. ISBN 3110214075.
  5. ^ Sunyoung Park (2019). Revisiting Minjung: New Perspectives on the Cultural History of 1980s South Korea. University of Michigan Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780472054121.
  6. ^ Edward Friedman, Sung Chull Kim (2007). Regional Co-operation and Its Enemies in Northeast Asia: The Impact of Domestic Forces. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-1341-49704. In August 2005, a survey by an ultra- conservative newspaper Chosun Ilbo found that 65.9 percent of young generations (under 25 years ...
  7. ^ Chosun Iilbo http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/11/30/2010113001011.html
  8. ^ "The Asia-Pacific Perceptions Project". National Centre for Research on Europe. Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury.
  9. ^ North Korea executes nuclear envoy to U.S. after failed Trump summit: report. Kim Hjelmgaard. USA Today. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
  10. ^ North Korea executed top negotiator, purged others over failed Trump summit, report says. Victoria Kim. Los Angeles Times. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
  11. ^ North Korea 'executed' officials after failed Trump summit: report. France 24 TV. 31 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
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