| Hanseong sunbo | |
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Inaugural issue of the Hanseong sunbo (1883) |
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| 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 Chinese 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 Chinese and native 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]