Kwangju Ilbo
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| Founded | November 2003 |
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| Website | www |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 광주일보 |
| Hanja | 光州日報 |
| RR | Gwangju ilbo |
| MR | Kwangju ilbo |
Kwangju Ilbo (Korean: 광주일보) is a South Korean regional daily newspaper. It was part of Daeju Group in November 2003. It was created by Honam journalists in 1952. Kwangu Ilbo was formed by a merger of Jeonnam Ilbo and Jeonnam Meil because of a media blackout imposed by a new army group (1980th). In 2004, it was changed from an evening to a morning newspaper.
History
[edit]1952 to 1980
[edit]The Kwangju Ilbo was founded on 31 November 1980 as The Daily local newspaper, which combined The Jeonnam Ilbo and The Jeonnam Maeil Ilbo . At that time, The Jeonnam Ilbo had been in existence for twenty-eight years and nine months (with 9635 issues), The Jeonnam Maeil Ilbo had been in existence for twenty years and two months (with 5806 issues).
1980 to 1990
[edit]In 1982, they made 'Mudeung Munhwa award'. In 1984, they published <Monthly Yehyang>.
1990 to 2000
[edit]In 1990, they conducted a campaign to raise funds for the construction of Namdo Haksuk and introduced Computer Type System. In 1993, they published 「Gwang-ju Cheonam one hundred years chronological table」, and slated for Electric light news-board. In 1996, they purchased Cutting edge color rotary press, starting internet service.[1][failed verification] and operating Super sized Electric light news-board. In 1997, Second factory was published at Songha-dong, Namgu, Gwangju.
2000 to present
[edit]In 2004, <Monthly Yehyang> was discontinued (with 209 issues). In May 2004, they founded Hampyeong Dynasty CC. Since January 2004, converted to morning paper, they started the second inception.[2] In 2011, Kwangju Ilbo channel A was set up.
Content
[edit]At first, it was published for 48 pages a week. In 1981 it was expanded from 48 to 72 pages per week (12 pages a day). In 1999, it was fully written laterally. In 2004, it became a morning paper. The paper has had an online presence since 1996.[3]
Editors
[edit] | This section needs to be updated. (January 2025) |
- Nam-jung Kim (1884-1975)
- Jong-tae Kim (1975-1994)
- Seoung-ho Choi (1993-1912)[incomprehensible]
- Young-ho Son (2003-2004)
- In-ho Baeck (2004-2006)
- Jin-young Kim (2006-2009)
- Jae-cheol You (2009-2012)
- Yae-song Kim (2012-2013)
Readership
[edit]About 45,000 people have subscribed to this newspaper per day.[as of?] It is ranked ninth among local newspapers in South Korea except for major newspapers like Chosun or Dong-a Ilbo.
Ownership
[edit]It is owned by Daeju Group. Daeju Group started from Daeju Instruction. It has become a solid business entity with 14 affiliates. In particular, the company showed rapid growth in the 2000s. Kwangju Ilbo became affiliated with Daeju Group in 2003.
References
[edit]- ^ "광주일보 홈페이지". kwangju.co.kr. Archived from the original on February 4, 1998. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
- ^ 광주일보 : 지식백과 (in Korean). Terms.naver.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
- ^ "광주일보 홈페이지". Archived from the original on February 4, 1998. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Korean)
- "KWANGJU ILBO (Gwangju, South Korea)". Southkoreayp.com. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- John Keaton Jackson. "Zenfolio | john keaton jackson | IN THE NEWS | ARTICLE IN GWANGJU ILBO". Jkjack.zenfolio.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- "South Korea - Newspapers and News Sources". En.newsconc.com. Retrieved 2013-05-03.