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Maeil Sinbo
The ''Maeil Sinbo'' () was a Korean-language newspaper that was published from 1910 to 1945 from Keijō (Seoul), Korea under Japanese rule, Korea, Empire of Japan. The newspaper was the successor to ''The Korea Daily News'', which was first published in 1904. It continued publication, largely as an organ of the Governor-General of Chōsen, Japanese colonial government, until the liberation of Korea in 1945. Afterwards, it was taken over by the United States Army Military Government in Korea and reorganized into the ''Seoul Shinmun'' by November 23, 1945. Background Its predecessor ''The Korea Daily News'' had actually been a forerunner in the Korean independence movement. However, its reporting drew the ire of Japan, which was quickly absorbing Korea around that time. After the newspaper's owner Ernest Bethell died, the Japanese and British governments pressured Bethell's successor, Arthur Marnham, to fold and leave the country. He did so on May 21, 1910, selling the newspaper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
