Korean Newspaper Pdf
Claudio Davey
The economic slowdown has increased the pressure on South Korean media companies, with major advertisers such as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics slashing ad spending by more than 30%. Many media outlets posted operating losses in 2023 and even those that recorded profits suffered a sharp drop in their earnings compared with the previous year. Increased video consumption via big online streaming platforms is another factor reducing attention for news programming and consequent revenues. Some broadcasters such as KBS (public media) and JTBC have looked to make savings by reducing staff and slashing production costs.
Newspapers have found it hard to develop new online business models beyond advertising, such as subscription and membership. Many have been tightening their belts while increasing the number of low-cost classified advertisements. News startups also confront a major crisis amid shrinking venture investments.
Online portals, led by Naver, account for the biggest share of news consumption in South Korea, followed by broadcasters, social media, and print media. Recently, a pattern of a decline in news usage has appeared across the media.
South Koreans' trust in the news remains generally low, with 31% of respondents trusting the news in 2024, a slight increase from the previous year. Among the brands we cover, Koreans tend to trust broadcast media such as MBC, YTN, JTBC, SBS, and KBS, while showing a relatively low level of trust toward newspapers such as Chosun Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo, Dong-a Ilbo, Hankyoreh, and Kyunghyang Shinmun.
Dongnipsinmun, or The Independent, was the first Korean newspaper published in Hangeul by Seo Jae-pil in April 1896. The publication of this newspaper was an epoch-making event, but it was closed on December 4, 1899 due to a dispute with the government of the Great Han Empire.
Originally established as Korea Newspaper Center in 1962, KPF has been shaping and leading the history of press and journalism in Korea over the last five decades. Emerging new media and new technologies continue to cause rapid transformations in news media environment today.
Nevertheless, true purpose of journalism and news media, as cradle of democracy and credible sources of knowledge and information, remains the same and more important than ever. Yet our news media industries, including newspapers, face a crisis of unprecedented scale and nature.
Korean government sought to help Korean news media industries overcome current situation by newly launching KPF on February 1, 2010, as public institution, combining three previously existing institutions, i.e., Korea Press Foundation, Newspaper Commission for the Press, and Korean Newspaper Circulation Service. Our mission is to manage the crisis currently facing journalism and media industries in Korea, and thereby to help Korean media industries adapt actively to new media and information technologies. KPF strives to rise to the challenges presented by this day and age by promoting the use of the press as an instrument for social diversity and inclusion.
With this mission in mind, KPF now pursues creativity and vitality as its core values. KPF has been undertaking diverse projects under four overarching objectives: namely, improving journalism quality, creating a sound news ecosystem, enhancing citizens' media literacy, and strengthening core business competency. With creative input from all employees and close cooperation with other organizations and institutions, KPF will fulfill its goals of holding journalism accountable, promoting national dialogue, and innovating news ecosystem.
Afterward, I started contemplating what my mom meant. I thought about my parents driving my brother and me to school, working long hours and spending their hours off cheering us on during swim competitions.
Slowly, that frustration turned into progress. Turns out, there were friends and family with similar experiences. Here, now, is the chance for me to give back to people like my parents. And high school became the perfect outlet. I thought about different ways I could apply this mindset and help create a more inclusive environment, especially for people new to this country.
I joined a newspaper translation team during my freshmen year. As an upperclassman, I recruited fellow Korean students to help me translate our school newspaper into Korean. Together, we created a system of translating and distributing online school newspapers to Korean students and families.
My experiences and growth have reaffirmed my commitment to a service academy and a life of serving others. Just as with my involvement in my Korean community, I want to be a part of something that means more than myself.
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Virtual reference service provided by the members of the Korean Collections Consortium of North America. Reference inquiries may be emailed to askk...@googlegroups.com and expert Korean Studies librarians provide answers in English or Korean within two business days.
Korean Collections Consortium of North America (KCCNA)
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Korean History: A Bibliography
A very comprehensive bibliography of works about Korea in English is available online. Formulated as a browseable list sorted by topic, the list is modestly entitled Korean History: A Bibliography. It encompasses resources covering disciplines outside history as well. It was compiled by Kenneth R. Robinson of International Christian University and is maintained by the University of Hawaii's Center for Korean Studies.
Korean Studies Portal: This portal has links to many useful resources for Korean Studies research. It covers Korean Studies, Korean TV and Video, News, and many subjects of interest, including art, academia, computing, history, literature, news, maps, and more.
National Archives of Korea
The holdings of this searchable database include 3.6 million archival sources including the colonial period, 2.9 million audio-visual and photographs, and 560,000 serials from government and non-government sources. It also holds presidential archives, foreign documents related to Korea, oral histories, etc.
Photo Postcard Image Collection of Colonial Korea
A digital collection from the University of Chicago, the Photo Postcard Image Collection includes over 7000 postcard images of Korea and was created during the first half of the 20th century.
Frederick McCormick Korean Collection
Contains books, journals, and newspapers, as well as movable-type books printed in Korea that cover a range of topics, including literature,
history, Chinese classics, as well as the humanities and sciences. (Claremont College Library, Special Collections)
NKSIP (North Korean Serials Indexing Project) at The Library of Congress (LC)
The North Korean Serials Databases is an online article index database that provides access to articles about a variety topics included in the North Korean serials collection of LC. There are an estimated 278 North Korean serial titles.
Teikoku Kinema Engei Kabushiki Kaisha / 帝国キネマ演芸株式会社 (Teikine 帝キネ).
This collection summarizes the activities of Teikoku Kinema in Osaka. Openly available and created by Prof. Keiko Sasakawa at Kansai University.
Korean Laws A-Z (originally created by Rob Britt, University of Washington)
This is an excellent guide to law and Korea. Includes bibliographies, court decisions, dictionaries, law statutes and regulations, and more law related material.
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[In Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian]
North Korean newspaper and the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, published by the Nodong News Agency. It is the most widely read newspaper in the country. It was first published on November 1, 1945 as Chongno, serving as a communication channel for the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea. It was renamed in September 1946 to its current name upon the steady development of the Workers' Party of Korea.
[In Korean, English]
OhmyNews was founded as a publication to pioneer a new form of journalism, a form of journalism appropriate for the 21st century. The first official issue of OhmyNews was fittingly published online on Feb. 22, 2000.