The ''Maeil Business Newspaper'' is

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's main daily

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. , it had a circulation of roughly 900,000. The president of the publishing company is

Chang Dae-hwan Chang Dae-whan (also known as Chang Dae-Hwan, born 21 March 1952) is a South Korean businessman. He is best known as the president of the ''Maeil Business Newspaper'', South Korea's main business daily. He is the founder of the '' World Knowledg ...

. The publishing company Maekyung Media Group also hosts the annual

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. The first edition of the newspaper was published on March the 24th, 1966, and had 12 pages in its inaugural issue.

Political position

Maeil Business Newspapers are generally moderate media, but many say they are close to pro-business conservatism. In particular, when major South Korean media are divided into the dichotomy of conservative and progressive-liberal, they are classified as clear conservative media.

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