''Ilgan Sports'' ( ko, 일간스포츠; ''The Daily Sports'' or ''1S'' for short) is a South Korean daily

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founded in 1969. Formerly under ''

Hankook Ilbo ''Hankook Ilbo'' () is a Korean-language daily newspaper in Seoul, South Korea. As of 2017, it had a daily circulation of about 213,200. It was previously published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, however following an embezzlement scandal ...

'', it is now owned by the '' JoongAng Media Network'' through JTBC Plus.

History

* September 1969 - ''Ilgan Sports'' was launched as a sister newspaper of ''Hankook Ilbo''. * March 1970 - The newspaper exceeded 43,000 copies sold. * May 2001 - ''Ilgan Sports'' signed a partnership agreement with Japan's '' Hochi Shimbun (now Sports Hochi)''. * July 2001 - It joined the

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. * December 2005 - ''JoongAng Ilbo'' acquired ''Ilgan Sports''. * April 2006 - The newspaper used its shortened name ''1S'' for the first time, and incorporated it in its logo. * May 2010 - The newspaper's headquarters was relocated to the JoongAng Media Building in Seoul, sharing one place with ''JoongAng Ilbo''. * December 2015 - JTBC Plus takes over as publisher of ''Ilgan Sports''.

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* 1969 establishments in South Korea Daily newspapers published in South Korea Publications established in 1969 Sports mass media in South Korea Sports newspapers Korean-language newspapers {{Asia-newspaper-stub