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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Kyunghyang, Co. |
| Editor | Jo Ho-yeon |
| Founded | 6 October 1946 |
| Political alignment | Centre[1] tocentre-left[2] Liberalism Historical (1966 – 1998):[3] Anti-communism Conservatism Pro-military[3] |
| Language | Korean |
| Headquarters | Seoul,South Korea |
| Circulation | 350,000[4] |
| Website | khan.co.kr |
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| Hangul | 경향신문 |
| Hanja | 京鄕新聞 |
| RR | Gyeonghyang sinmun |
| MR | Kyŏnghyang sinmun |
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TheKyunghyang Shinmun (Korean: 경향신문) is a major dailynewspaper published inSouth Korea. It is based inSeoul. The name literally meansUrbi et Orbi Daily News.[4]
Kyunghyang Shinmun was founded in 1946 by the Catholic Church,[4] which explains its name. Before the Korean War, it was edited by Fr. Peter Ryang, a refugee from the North, and its circulation was 100,000.[5]Kyunghyang Shinmun was temporarily closed down in May 1959 by theRhee administration on grounds of having printed "false editorials",[6] but revived after the pro-democracyApril Revolution of 1960.[4] As of today,[when?] the newspaper is no longer associated with the Catholic Church.[4]
In 1974,Kyunghyang Shinmun joined forces withMunhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), thus forming the new Munhwa Broadcasting-Kyunghyang Shinmun Company. The partnership lasted until 1981, when the two companies were separated due to the Basic Press Act.
It later came to be owned by theHanwhachaebol in 1990,[7] but Hanwha relinquished its control of the newspaper after the1997 Asian financial crisis, at the same time as Hanhwa's competitorHyundai gave up its own daily, theMunhwa Ilbo.[7]
In 1998,Kyunghyang Shinmun became an independent newspaper with employee ownership.[4] The CEO is elected by the employees; the editor-in-chief, though appointed by the CEO, must be approved by a majority of the journalist-employees.[4]
The newspaper employs 600 people, including 240 journalists and maintains foreign bureaus in Washington, D.C., Tokyo and Beijing. It reports 1.3 million daily visitors to its website and 6.2 million daily page-views. The company also publishes a daily sports newspaper (Sports Kyunghyang), a weekly news magazine (The Jugan Kyunghyang) and a monthly lifestyle magazine for women (The Lady Kyunghyang).[4]
The Hankyoreh andKyunghyang Shinmun are generally considered "liberal" or "moderate progressive".[4]
Hankook Ilbo, Kukmin Ilbo and Kyunghyang Sinmun are considered centrist; and Hankyoreh is progressive.
... For instance, Kyunghyang Daily, a center-left newspaper, ran a special series on "Saying the Welfare State" for nearly two months, ...
