''The JoongAng'', formerly known as ''JoongAng Ilbo'' (), is a South Korean

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published in

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. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in South Korea, and a

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for South Korea. The paper also publishes an English edition, ''

Korea JoongAng Daily ''Korea JoongAng Daily'' () is the English edition of the South Korean national daily newspaper '' JoongAng Ilbo''. The newspaper was first published on October 17, 2000, as ''JoongAng Ilbo English Edition''. It mainly carries news and feature ...

'', in alliance with the ''International New York Times''. It is often regarded as the holding company of JoongAng Group ''

chaebol A chaebol ( , ; , ) is a large industrial South Korean conglomerate run and controlled by an individual or family. A chaebol often consists of multiple diversified affiliates, controlled by a person or group. Several dozen large South Kore ...

'' (a spin-off from

Samsung Samsung Group (; stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean Multinational corporation, multinational manufacturing Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in the Samsung Town office complex in Seoul. The group consists of numerous a ...

) as it is owner of various affiliates, such as the broadcast station and drama producing company

JTBC JTBC (shortened from Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company; ; stylized in all lowercase) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on December 1, ...

, and movie theatres chain Megabox.

History

It was first published on September 22, 1965, by

Lee Byung-chul Lee Byung-chul (; 12 February 1910 – 19 November 1987) was a South Korean businessman who founded the Samsung Group, the country's largest chaebol ( conglomerate). Lee founded Samsung in 1938, at the age of 28. He is recognized as the most ...

, the founder of

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which once owned the

Tongyang Broadcasting Company Tongyang Broadcasting Company was a South Korean commercial television station which was merged by the government with KBS. It was owned by the Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chul and was a sister company to the JoongAng Ilbo. History Early ...

(TBC). In 1980, ''JoongAng Ilbo'' gave up TBC and TBC merged with KBS. ''JoongAng Ilbo'' is the pioneer in South Korea for the use of horizontal copy layout, topical sections, and specialist reporters with investigative reporting teams. Since April 15, 1995, ''JoongAng Ilbo'' has been laid out horizontally and also became a morning newspaper from then on. In 1999, ''JoongAng Ilbo'' was separated from Samsung. As of March 18, 2007, it has produced a Sunday edition called
JoongAng Sunday
'. The paper is considered a

in Korea.

English and international issues

The ''

'' is the

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version of the newspaper, and it is one of three English-language daily newspapers in South Korea, along with ''

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'' and ''

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''. It runs mainly news and feature stories by staff reporters, and some stories translated from the

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newspaper. The ''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is currently sold together with the ''

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''. ''JoongAng Ilbo'' also publishes a

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edition, with branches from

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. Its parent company, Joongang Media Network (JMNet) holds publication rights to Korean editions of ''

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'' and ''

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'' as well as 25% of the shares of

cable TV.

Criticism

''JoongAng Ilbo'' is considered by some critics as part of Chojoongdong (CJD; ), a pejorative term that refers to the three highly circulated conservative

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s in

including ''JoongAng Ilbo''. The word is an acronym of the '' Chosun'', ''Joong-ang'' and '' Dong-a Ilbo'' newspapers, and the grouping is seen as forming the basis of South Korea's conservative media. The term was used by ''

Hankyoreh ''The Hankyoreh'' () is a centre-left liberal daily newspaper in South Korea. It was established in 1988 after widespread purges forced out dissident journalists, and was envisioned as an alternative to existing newspapers, which were regarde ...

'' editor Jung Yeonju () as early as October 2000. Korean liberals criticize Chojoongdong primarily because of their

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-biased editorial stances and doing business in a collusive and surreptitious manner. the market share of ''Chosun'', ''Joong-ang'' and ''Dong-a Ilbo'' is 24.3%, 21.8%, and 18.3%, respectively.

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History

English and international issues

Criticism

See also

References

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