Hankook Ilbo

Hankook Ilbo
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Dongwha Enterprise
PublisherSeung Myung-ho
FoundedJune 9, 1954
Political alignmentCentrism[1]
Fiscal conservatism
Cultural liberalism
LanguageKorean
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Circulation213,200+
WebsiteHankook Ilbo
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHanguk Ilbo
McCune–ReischauerHan'guk Ilbo

Hankook Ilbo (Korean한국일보; Hanja韓國日報; lit. Korea Daily) is a Korean-language daily newspaper in Seoul, South Korea.[2] As of 2017, it had a daily circulation of about 213,200.[3]


It was previously published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, however following an embezzlement scandal in 2013–2014[4][5] it was sold to Dongwha Enterprise, which also owns The Korea Times.[6][7]

  1. ^ "한국일보 회사소개".
  2. ^ 한국일보(韓國日報). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Academy of Korean Studies. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  3. ^ 2017년도(2016년분) 일간신문 163개사 인증부수 (PDF). Korea Audit Bureau of Circulation (in Korean). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  4. ^ Kim, Hee-jin (7 August 2013). "Hankook Ilbo chairman is arrested for corruption". Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. ^ "South Korea newspaper owner arrested for embezzlement". 6 August 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  6. ^ Park, Jin-hai (22 September 2015). "About Dongwha Group". The Korea Times. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Seung Myung-ho named chairman of Korea Times". The Korea Times. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

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