The ''Kyongnam Shinmun'' () is one of two daily newspapers covering the
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
n province of
Gyeongsangnam-do
South Gyeongsang Province (, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple that ...
. Its headquarters are in
Changwon
Changwon (; ) is the capital and largest city of South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea (with a population of 1,025,702 ), and the 11th largest city of the South Korea, country. A port city, Changwon is bordered by Masan Bay to the south, and the ...
. Like most of the country's newspapers, it publishes entirely in
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean
**Korean dialects
**See also: North–South differences in t ...
and does not publish on Sunday. Its competitor is the
Gyeongnam Ilbo
''Gyeongnam Ilbo'' () is a daily Korean-language regional newspaper published in , Jinju, South Korea.
The current newspaper claims to be the successor to two previous newspapers that went by the same name. The original was the first ever region ...
.
The company was founded in March 1946 in
Masan
Masan () is an administrative region of Changwon, a city of South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was formerly an independent city from 1949 until 30 June 2010, when it was absorbed to Changwon along with Jinhae District, Jinhae. Masan was ...
. It sent its first correspondent to Seoul 10 years later. In 2002, it appointed its current CEO, Kim Jo-il.
See also
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List of newspapers
Below are lists of newspapers organized by continent.
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
See also
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*Newspaper of record
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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 ...
External links
Official site
Daily newspapers published in South Korea
South Gyeongsang Province
Mass media in Changwon
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