The Hankyoreh

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The Hankyoreh

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Front page(as of August 9, 2007)
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet

Owner Hankyoreh Newspaper Corp.
Publisher Seo Hyeong-su
Editor Kwon Tae-seon
Founded 1988
Political allegiance Center-left
Headquarters Mapo-gu, Seoul

Website: www.hani.co.kr

The Hankyoreh (hangul:한겨레) is a daily newspaper in South Korea.

It claims to be "independent from the powers that be and the government".

Hankyoreh was established as a liberal alternative in a medium traditionally dominated by conservative and center-right newspapers. It was founded by journalists who fought against dictatorship on 15 May 1988 and has more than 60,000 citizen shareholders, none of whom have more than 1 percent of the share. With a circulation of some 300,000, it is the fourth largest after Chosun Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo, and Dong-a Ilbo, which are all right-leaning. Its core readership is intellectuals and people in their 20s and 30s. It has a web edition in English.

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