The Korea Times
The Korea Times is South Korea's oldest English-language daily newspaper, based in Seoul. It covers Korean national news, politics, business, and culture for domestic and international English-speaking readers. It maintains print and digital editions and is one of the country's principal English-language news sources.
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Is The Korea Times left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Crosswire lists The Korea Times as Center within South Korea's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side. In South Korea, The Hankyoreh is listed as Left-leaning, while Chosun Ilbo is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open The Korea Times beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
Read The Korea Times beside another title from South Korea and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two South Korea dailies covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are The Korea Times's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because The Korea Times is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning South Korea title either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.
This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.
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