| Hanseong sunbo | |
 Inaugural issue of the Hanseong sunbo (1883) | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 한성순보 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hanseong sunbo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hansŏng sunbo |
The Hanseong sunbo (Korean: 한성순보) was Korea's first modern newspaper. It began publication on October 31, 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 Hanmun (literary Chinese) 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 1881 Chōsen shinpō, which was written in both Japanese and Chinese.[1]
References
- ↑ Altman, Albert A. (1984), "Korea's First Newspaper: The Japanese Chosen shinpo", The Journal of Asian Studies 43 (4): 685–696
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