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Korea's First Newspaper: The Japanese Chōsen shinpō

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2011

Albert A. Altman
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Abstract

In 1881, the Japanese introduced the newspaper as a means of public communication into Korea. Publication of the Chōsen shinpō in the open port of Pusan is related to the political and economic circumstances in which the Japanese found themselves there. Elsewhere in East Asia, a comparable role was played by Westerners. In addition to viewing the Chōsen shinpō in the context of Japanese efforts to influence Korea's modernization, the author suggests studying this newspaper as a component of the comparative history of the press in East Asia.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , August 1984 , pp. 685 - 696
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Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1984

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