Hanseong sunbo

Hanseong sunbo
Inaugural issue of the Hanseong sunbo (1883)
Korean name
Hangul	한성순보
Hanja	漢城旬報
Revised Romanization	Hanseong sunbo
McCune–Reischauer	Hansŏng sunbo

The Hanseong sunbo was Korea's first Korean-language newspaper. It began publication in 1883 as the official mouthpiece of the Korean government. It was published by the Office of Culture and Information (Bangmunguk, 박문국, 博文局) and used Hanja script throughout. It appeared three times a month until its closure in 1884 in the wake of the failed Gapsin Coup. It later reemerged in 1886 as a weekly, the Hanseong Jubo (한성주보, 漢城周報), now using a mixture of Hangul and Hanja scripts. Its contents included editorials, news, literary commentary, and even advertisements.

Korea's first newspaper was the bilingual Chosen shinpo, introduced by the Japanese in the treaty port of Pusan in 1881.^[1]

References

1. Altman, Albert A. (1984), "Korea's First Newspaper: The Japanese Chosen shinpo", The Journal of Asian Studies 43 (4): 685–696

See also

• List of newspapers by date
• Global spread of book printing (Korea)
• Hwangseong sinmun
• Tongnip Sinmun