The Hankook Ilbo Media Group was a South Korean
publishing company
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founded in 1954 by Chang Key-young and headquartered in
Seoul
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. It had been the publisher of ''
Hankook Ilbo
''Hankook Ilbo'' () is a Korean-language daily newspaper in Seoul, South Korea. As of 2017, it had a daily circulation of about 213,200.
It was previously published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, however following an embezzlement scandal i ...
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The Korea Times
''The Korea Times'' is the oldest of three English-language newspapers published daily in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the '' Hankook Ilbo'', a major Korean language daily; both are owned by Dongwha Enterprise, a wood-based manufacture ...
'', ''
Seoul Economic Daily'', ''
Sports Hankook
''Hankook Ilbo'' () is a Korean-language daily newspaper in Seoul, South Korea. As of 2017, it had a daily circulation of about 213,200.
It was previously published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, however following an embezzlement scandal in ...
'', ''
Children's Hankook Ilbo'', ''
Weekly Hankook'' and ''
The Korea Times
''The Korea Times'' is the oldest of three English-language newspapers published daily in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the '' Hankook Ilbo'', a major Korean language daily; both are owned by Dongwha Enterprise, a wood-based manufacture ...
'' in North America. Hankook Ilbo also published Korean editions of ''
Fortune Korea
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Arts and entertainment Film and television
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Popular Science'', ''
Golf Magazine
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'' and is Bloomberg TV's content partner.
History
Controversy
Chang Jae-ku, former chairman of the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, was found guilty in February 2014 by the Seoul Central District Court of embezzling company funds worth a total of 45.6 billion won ($40.8 million) from ''Hankook Ilbo'' and ''
Seoul Economic Daily''. He was sentenced to three years in prison.
See also
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List of companies of South Korea
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Communications in South Korea
In South Korea, telecommunications services improved dramatically in the 1980s with the assistance of foreign partners and as a result of the development of the electronics industry. The number of telephones in use in 1987 reached 9.2 million, a c ...
References
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Mass media companies of South Korea
Publishing companies established in 1954
Companies based in Seoul
South Korean companies established in 1954