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The DongA Ilbo
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner DongA Ilbo Co. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more
Publisher CEO Kim, Hak-joon
Founded 1920
Headquarters DongA Media Centre
139-110/715 Se-jongro Jongno-gu, Seoul
Flag of South Korea South Korea
Circulation over 2 million
Website: www.donga.com
Dong-a Ilbo
Hangul 동아일보
Hanja 東亞日報
Revised Romanization Dong-A Ilbo
McCune-Reischauer Tong-A Ilbo

The Dong-a Ilbo (literally East Asia Daily) was founded in 1920 by Kim Sung-soo who also founded Korea University during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Jongno-gu is a ''gu'', or district in central Seoul, South Korea. Seoul ( soʊl is the Capital and largest City of South Korea. This is a list of the daily Newspapers in the World by average circulation Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language Romanization system in South Korea. McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which Kim Sung-soo (김성수 is a Korean actor born on May 23, 1973. Korea University is a major Private university located in Seoul, South Korea with a secondary campus in Jochiwon and is regarded as one of the top Later, Kim also served as the second vice-president of South Korea in 1951. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː DongA Ilbo started as a nationalist paper but today it avows in its company motto to be critical and honest in reporting the news. It is also one of the three major newspapers in South Korea with a daily circulation of more than 2 million. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː It has partnership with 6 foreign newspapers such as The New York Times of USA, Asahi Shimbun of Japan and The Times of United Kingdom. The is the second most circulated out of the five national Newspapers in Japan; the other four are the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Mainichi Shimbun The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. It also publishes global editions in 90 cities worldwide including New York, London, Paris and Frankfurt.

Contents

Company spirit

DongA Ilbo was established in 1920 with the motto of "For the people,democracy and culture. " These ideas have transformed into what the company named "DongA DNA" which calls for critical view of authority, journalistic integrity in reporting the truth, humanism by sharing the pain of the neglected and being revolutionary by not fearing change.

History

Timeline

DongA Ilbo's Traditional Logo
DongA Ilbo's Traditional Logo

Feminist movement

By creating “Women’s Section” in its regular production of the paper, DongA Ilbo worked to liberate women who had long been forced to stay at home and abide by traditional rules of obedience from the very beginning. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Articles such as “The New Woman and Education”, “Liberation of Women and the Nuclear Family” and “Women and Career” were printed to stimulate women’s participation in society and the development of women’s rights.

In 1933, DongA Ilbo created the very first women’s magazine called “The New Women” (later to become “DongA Women”) For the female readers at the time could only read Korean characters (not Chinese characters), all the articles were written purely in Korean. The publication held events such as cooking schools and wives’ picnic providing women a place to socialize and a reason to get out of the house. DongA Ilbo also hosted athletic events for women. “Women’s National Tennis Competition” is Korea's and DongA’s oldest contest ever to be held.

Forced closure: Erasing of Japanese flag

In 1939 when World War II erupted, the Japanese government began a campaign to unify Korea and Japan as a culture. This meant the effacement of much of Korea's local colour. In effort to erase the 'Koreaness' of the colonized Korea, a policy was erected to take out establishments that perpetuated 'Koreaness'.

After 4 attempts in closing DongA Ilbo and other numerous occasions of inspection, censorship, seizure and deletion, in August 1940 the Japanese government succeeded in making the closure happen.

The event that made this forced closure possible was DongA Ilbo's deliberate obscuration of the Japanese flag in the photograph which was of the first ever Korean Olympic Gold medalist.

Sohn Kee-Chung won the gold medal in marathon at the 11th Summer Olympics in Berlin (1936); however, because Korea was under Japanese rule, his uniform featured the Japanese flag. Sohn Kee-Chung ( August 29, 1912 &ndash November 15, 2002) became the first medal-winning Korean Olympian when he won the

And in the article that showed pride for the Korean athlete the Japanese flag was smudged to promote Korean and nationalistic ideas.

Awards and recognition

Today

Readership

The Dong-a Ilbo Building in downtown Seoul
The Dong-a Ilbo Building in downtown Seoul

International partnerships

Dong-a Ilbo has partnered with internationally acclaimed news companies such as the New York Times and Reuters. They share information including articles and video clips. Dong-a Ilbo also prints over 90 global editions itself and has 22 branches world-wide. It also has international correspondents stationed in 6 cities. Also, the digital edition of the paper is available in English, Japanese and Chinese.

Publishing

DongA Ilbo also has an active publishing sector which produces magazines and books. There are 4 monthly magazines, 2 weekly magazines and 1 annual magazine. The literature sector concentrates on translating and distributing foreign material and also creating domestic content. DongA Books has brought to Korea many international bestsellers and award winning literature as well as creating million sellers on its own.

New and multi-media services

DongA Ilbo has been investing in many ventures that integrate technology into the method of spreading the news. First was the establishment of DongA. com which is the online version of the paper with much more content. It provides space for discussion and submission by the readers. From the success of the on-line content, the company also started its mobile services allowing readers to seek out the news wherever and whenever they are. With recent partnership with Reuters, DongA aims to add multimedia services to its methods. With raw video feeds from Reuters which DongA has the right to edit for its own use, DongA. com aims to reach its readers through text, images and video.

Community service

DongA Ilbo has always recognized its responsibility as a public corporation. As stated in DongA DNA, humanism is a great part of DongA Ilbo. It has a Culture & Sports Operations department (New Project Bureau) that works to raise awareness of different areas in arts and sports as well as promote healthy lifestyles. The company also has many foundations and scholarships for the less fortunate students in the country.

Arts

DongA Ilbo holds annual competition of high quality as well as hosting many cultural exhibitions.

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Sports

DongA Ilbo hosts annual competitions for various sports of different levels. It first began its program to raise awareness and help promote areas in sports that were less popular.

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Education

DongA holds annual competitions to help the brightest students. Other sectors such as DongA Science has its own educational program which also holds competitions to award the talented.

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Charity

DongA Ilbo has established many foundations and scholarships for students and children of less fortunate circumstances. It has also established a foundation which promotes peace and culture.

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Sources

New Digital Leader: The DongA Ilbo. DongA Ilbo (2006). Retrieved on [[August 9, 2007]]. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.


Top 100 US Daily Newspapers (pdf). Burrelles Luce (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation

See also

External links

The Presseum is the only newspaper Museum of South Korea, situated on Sejongno, in Jongno-gu, central of Seoul. Ilmin Museum of Art is a private Art museum of South Korea, located on Sejongno street in Jongno-gu, a central district of Seoul, Below is a list of Newspapers published in South Korea. The Korea Herald ( Seoul, national The Korea Communications services improved dramatically in the 1980s with the assistance of foreign partners and as a result of the development of the electronics industry This is a list of articles on Korea -related people places things and concepts
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