''The JoongAng'', formally known as ''JoongAng Ilbo'', is a South Korean
daily newspaper published in
Seoul,
South Korea. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in South Korea, and a
newspaper of record
A newspaper of record is a major national newspaper with large circulation whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered authoritative and independent; they are thus "newspapers of record by reputation" and include some of the o ...
for South Korea. The paper also publishes an English edition, ''
Korea JoongAng Daily
''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is the English edition of the South Korean national daily newspaper ''JoongAng Ilbo''. The newspaper was first published on October 17, 2000, originally named as ''JoongAng Ilbo English Edition''. It mainly carries news a ...
'', in alliance with the ''International New York Times''. It is often regarded as the holding company of JoongAng Group
chaebol
A chaebol (, ; ) is a large industrial South Korean conglomerate run and controlled by an individual or family. A chaebol often consists of multiple diversified affiliates, controlled by a person or group whose power over the group often exc ...
as it is owner of various affiliates, such as the broadcast station and drama producing company
JTBC, and movie theatres chain
Megabox.
History
It was first published on September 22, 1965, by
Lee Byung-chul, the founder of
Samsung Group which once owned the
Tongyang Broadcasting Company (TBC). 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. As of March 18, 2007, it has produced a Sunday edition called
JoongAng Sunday'.
The paper is considered a
newspaper of record
A newspaper of record is a major national newspaper with large circulation whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered authoritative and independent; they are thus "newspapers of record by reputation" and include some of the o ...
in Korea.
English and international issues
The ''
Korea JoongAng Daily
''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is the English edition of the South Korean national daily newspaper ''JoongAng Ilbo''. The newspaper was first published on October 17, 2000, originally named as ''JoongAng Ilbo English Edition''. It mainly carries news a ...
'' is the
English language version of the newspaper, and it is one of three English-language daily newspapers in South Korea, along with ''
The Korea Times'' and ''
The Korea Herald''. It runs mainly news and feature stories by staff reporters, and some stories translated from the
Korean language newspaper. The ''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is currently sold together with the ''
International New York Times
''The New York Times International Edition'' is an English-language daily newspaper distributed internationally by the New York Times Company. It has been published in two separate periods, one from 1943 to 1967 and one from 2013 to the prese ...
''.
''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
Chojoongdong ( ko, 조중동, CJD), a pejorative term that refers to the three highly circulated conservative
newspapers in
South Korea including ''JoongAng Ilbo''. The word is an acronym of the ''
Chosun'', ''Joong-ang'' and ''
Dong-a Ilbo'' newspapers, and the grouping is seen as forming the basis of South Korea's conservative media.
The term was used by ''
Hankyoreh'' editor Jung Yeonju ( ko, 정연주) as early as October 2000.
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.
See also
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List of newspapers in South Korea
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Communications in South Korea
In South Korea, telecommunications services improved dramatically in the 1980s with the assistance of foreign partners and as a result of the development of the electronics industry. The number of telephones in use in 1987 reached 9.2 million, a c ...
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Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company
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Sohn Suk-hee
Sohn Suk-hee (born 27 July 1956) is a former South Korean anchor and currently serving as general director and president of JTBC and JTBC Studios. He was also a former professor at Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, South Korea.
He is consi ...
References
External links
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Korea JoongAng Daily(
English-language version of the newspaper)
Joins.com(web portal of the JoongAng Media Network Group)
{{Authority control
1965 establishments in South Korea
Business newspapers
Centre-right newspapers
Chaebol
Conservative media in South Korea
Former Samsung subsidiaries
Korean-language newspapers
Newspaper companies of South Korea
Newspapers published in South Korea
Mass media in Seoul
Publications established in 1965