Maeil sinbo
1910–1945 Korean newspaper
The Maeil sinbo (Korean: 매일신보; Hanja: 每日申報; changed to 每日新報 in 1938) was a Korean-language newspaper that was published from 1910 to 1945 from Keijō (Seoul), Korea, Empire of Japan. The newspaper was the successor to The Korea Daily News, which was first published in 1904. It continued publication, largely as an organ of the Japanese colonial government, until the liberation of Korea in 1945. Afterwards, it was taken over by the United States Army Military Government in Korea and reorganized into the Seoul Shinmun by November 23, 1945.
Background
Its predecessor The Korea Daily News had actually been a forerunner in the Korean independence movement. However, its reporting drew the ire of Japan, which was quickly absorbing Korea around that time. After the newspaper's owner Ernest Bethell died, the Japanese and British governments pressured Bethell's successor, Arthur Marnham, to fold and leave the country. He did so on May 21, 1910, selling the newspaper to former employee Yi Changhun (이장훈; 李章薰) for 40,000 won (or 700 British pounds) worth of gold. The 14 June 1408th issue reflects this, with Lee's name given as editor. The Korean independence activists of the paper resigned and denounced it publicly as a propaganda piece.
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