The Chosun Ilbo
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Chosun Ilbo Co. |
| Editor | Kim Chang-Kyoon |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Political alignment | Conservative |
| Language | Korean |
| Headquarters | Jung-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| Circulation | 1,800,000+ |
| Website |
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| Revised Romanization | Joseon Ilbo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chosŏn Ilbo |
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The Chosun Ilbo (Hangul: 조선일보; Hanja: 朝鮮日報; literally "Korea Daily") is one of the major newspapers in South Korea. With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000, the Chosun Ilbo has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations was established in 1993.Chosun Ilbo and its subsidiary company, Digital Chosun, operates the Chosun.com news website, which also publishes web versions of the newspaper in English, Chinese, and Japanese.
The Chosun Ilbo Establishment Union was created in September 1919, and the Chosun Ilbo company was founded on March 5, 1920. The newspaper was critical of, and sometimes directly opposed to, the actions of the Japanese government during Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945).
On August 27, 1920, the Chosun Ilbo was suspended after it published an editorial criticizing what it said was the use of excessive force by the Japanese police against Korean citizens. This was the first in a string of suspensions. On September 5, 1920, three days after the first suspension was lifted, the newspaper published an editorial, "Did the Japanese central governing body shut down our newspaper?" Then, Chosun Ilbo was given an indefinite suspension.
In June 1923, Chosun Ilbo celebrated its one thousandth issue. It had achieved many milestones, including being the first newspaper in Korea to publish both morning and evening editions, send international correspondents to Russia, and publish cartoons. However, in that same month, it was given its third, indefinite suspension by the Japanese government for printing an editorial opposing Japanese rule.
In 1927, the Chosun Ilbo's editor and publisher were arrested. The editor was also the chief staff writer. The alleged offense in this case was an editorial describing the mistreatment of prisoners by the colonial government. In May of the same year, in response to an editorial criticizing the deployment of troops into Shandong, the newspaper was suspended for a fourth time - in this case for 133 days. The publisher and chief staff writer, An Jae-hong, were again imprisoned.
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