Hanseong sunbo
The Hanseong sunbo 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 and used Hanmun 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, 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 bilingual Chosen shinpo, introduced by the Japanese in the treaty port of Pusan in 1881.
