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Chosun Ilbo

The Chosun Ilbo, founded in 1920, is South Korea's largest daily newspaper by circulation. Owned by the Bang family, it anchors the country's conservative press and is consistently characterized as right-leaning, generally supportive of conservative parties and a hard line on North Korea. Its Korean-language website is among the most-read news destinations in the country.

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Is Chosun Ilbo left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?

Chosun Ilbo is generally regarded as right-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments of South Korea's press. Crosswire groups South Korea outlets into left, center and right so you can read the same day's events from more than one vantage point: seeing Chosun Ilbo beside outlets of a different orientation makes editorial choices — which stories lead, which framing is used, what gets omitted — far easier to spot than reading any single source alone.

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