Korea JoongAng Daily
The Korea JoongAng Daily is an English-language newspaper in South Korea, affiliated with the major Korean-language daily JoongAng Ilbo and published in partnership with international outlets. It covers Korean politics, business, culture, and regional affairs for English-reading audiences. It is one of South Korea's principal English-language news sources.
Korea JoongAng Daily at a glance
- Country
- South Korea
- Region
- East Asia · Asia
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1965
- Published from
- Seoul
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How Crosswire groups Korea JoongAng Daily
Crosswire groups Korea JoongAng Daily as Centrist for comparisons within South Korea's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In South Korea, The Hankyoreh is listed as Left-leaning, while Chosun Ilbo is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Korea JoongAng Daily beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Korea JoongAng Daily sits in South Korea's press
Korea JoongAng Daily was founded in 1965 and is published from Seoul. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in South Korea, and one of 5 daily newspapers among them — the others being The Korea Times, The Korea Herald, Chosun Ilbo and The Hankyoreh. By outlets tracked, South Korea ranks third of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.
Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 67 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Korea JoongAng Daily outside South Korea, starting with East Asia, are Taipei Times (Taiwan), South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), The UB Post (Mongolia) and The Hindu (India). Opening one of them beside Korea JoongAng Daily is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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