JoongAng Ilbo
| JoongAng Ilbo | |
|---|---|
| description | South Korean daily newspaper |
| publishing company | JoongAng Media Network |
| First edition | September 22, 1965 |
| Sold edition | 1,309,568 copies |
| ( ABC (PDF; 150 kB), status: 2009) | |
| editor | Song Pil-ho |
| Web link | joongang.joins.com |
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 중앙 일보 |
| Hanja : | 中央 日報 |
| Revised Romanization : | Jungang Ilbo |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Chungang Ilbo |
The JoongAng Ilbo is a South Korean daily newspaper . Together with Chosun Ilbo and Dong-a Ilbo, it is one of the three daily newspapers with the highest circulation in South Korea.
history
The newspaper was founded in 1965 by Lee Byung-chull , founder of the largest South Korean company, Samsung . It has since been based in the South Korean capital, Seoul . JoongAng Sunday has been a Sunday edition since 2007 .
Korea JoongAng Daily
The English-language edition is titled Korea JoongAng Daily . It is one of three English-language daily newspapers in South Korea, alongside the Korea Times and the Korea Herald . The Korea JoongAng Daily is sold together with the New York Times . The publisher is Hong Jeong-do.
marathon
The newspaper has organized the JoongAng Seoul Marathon since 1999 , in competition with the Seoul International Marathon organized by the Dong-a Ilbo .
criticism
JoongAng Ilbo, along with the other two large, also conservative daily newspapers, Chosun Ilbo and Dong-a Ilbo, was criticized as ChoJoongDong ( Korean 조중동 , CJD) for their close relationships with each other and with the government of President Lee Myung-bak ( 이명박 ). The term ChoJoongDong for it was coined by the editor Jung Yeonju 정연주 of The Hankyoreh in October 2000.
Web links
- Korea JoongAng Daily (English)
- JoongAng Ilbo (Korean)
- JoongAng Sunday Sunday edition (Korean)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Executive Profile: Pil-Ho Song . Bloomberg Business Week . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ^ Career: Lee Byung-chull . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ^ About the paper . Korea JoongAng Daily , accessed April 18, 2018 .
- ^ Message from the publisher . Korea JoongAng Daily , accessed April 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Editorial: Boycott the ChoJoongDong broadcasts' celebration . The Hankyoreh , November 23, 2011, accessed January 18, 2019 .