''Kwangju Ilbo'' () is a South Korean regional daily newspaper. It was part of Daeju Group in November 2003. It was created by

Honam Honam (; literally "south of the lake") is a region coinciding with the former Jeolla Province in what is now South Korea. Today, the term refers to Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, Jeju Province and Jeonbuk State. The name "Jeonla-do" is used i ...

journalists in 1952. Kwangu Ilbo was formed by a merger of

Jeonnam South Jeolla Province (), formerly South Chŏlla Province, also known as Jeonnam (), is a province in the Honam region, South Korea, and the southernmost province in mainland Korea. South Jeolla borders the provinces of North Jeolla to the nort ...

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

1952 to 1980

''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

In 1982, they made 'Mudeung Munhwa award'. In 1984, they published .

1990 to 2000

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. and operating ''Super sized Electric light news-board''. In 1997, Second factory was published at Songha-dong, Namgu, Gwangju.

2000 to present

In 2004, 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. In 2011, Kwangju Ilbo ''channel A'' was set up.

Content

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.

Editors

*Nam-jung Kim (1884-1975) *Jong-tae Kim (1975-1994) *Seoung-ho Choi (1993-1912) *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

About 45,000 people have subscribed to this newspaper per day. It is ranked ninth among local newspapers in South Korea except for major newspapers like Chosun or Dong-a Ilbo.

Ownership

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

External links

Official website
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