{{Short description|South Korean daily newspaper}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The JoongAng | logo = The JoongAng logo.svg | image = Joong-Ang-Ilbo-cover-31-03-2015.jpg | caption = Front page of ''JoongAng Ilbo'' (31 March 2015) | type = Daily Newspaper | political_position = Conservatism<ref name="cons1">{{cite book|editor=Jesús Velasco |title=The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOWZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA146 |quote= ... We analyzed three of the most widely-circulated newspapers representing the conservative perspective, Chosun Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo, and DongA Ilbo, together referred to as "Cho-Jung-Dong."18 Two progressive newspapers, ... |date=2019 |page=146 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781498557580 }}</ref><ref name="cons2">{{cite book |editor=Hyung-Cheol Kang |editor2=Pil-Mo Jung |editor3=Seung-Sun Lee |editor4=Jung-Kun Pae |editor5=Seog-Tae Shim |editor6=June Woong Rhee |display-editors=etal |title=Understanding Journalism in Korea |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AbCcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1963 |quote= ... In particular, the biggest newspaper companies, the Chosun Ilbo, the Joongang Ilbo, and the Dong-A Ilbo, are very conservative. This conservative position functions as a very strong tool of creating propaganda when combined with ... |date=2015 |publisher=CommunicationBooks|isbn=9781483375540 }}</ref><ref name="cons3">{{cite book|editor=Akihiro Ogawa |title=Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOWZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA146 |quote= ... Choi (2005) claimed that the ideology of authoritarianism and the Cold War system was repackaged and reproduced as conservative political ideology through conservative mass media, such as Chosun Ilbo, Dong-A Ilbo, and JoongAng Ilbo. ... |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781498557580 }}</ref><br />Moderate conservatism<ref>{{cite book |title=서울대 커리어 기자단과 함께하는 Career Story 2020 |date=2019 |page=183 |publisher=서울대학교 경력개발센터|isbn=9791187538134 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=Dal Yong Jin, Nojin Kwak|title=Communication, Digital Media, and Popular Culture in Korea: Contemporary Research and Future Prospects |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=csBYDwAAQBAJ&q=Ilbo+is+considered+a+more+moderate+conservative+daily+and+also+publishes+its+English+edition%2C+Korea+Joongang+Daily&pg=PA126 |quote= Joongang Ilbo is considered a more moderate conservative daily and also publishes its English edition, Korea Joongang Daily, in an alliance with the International New York Times. These big three Korean newspapers have significant influences on ... |date=2018 |pages=125–126 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=9781498562041 }}</ref><br />{{nowrap |Centre-right{{refn |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2019/03/whos-right-about-the-new-us-south-korea-joint-military-exercise/|title=Who's Right About the New US-South Korea Joint Military Exercise?|quote=The editorial boards of the center-right JoongAng Ilbo and right-leaning Chosun Ilbo newspapers were in staunch opposition.|work=The Diplomat|date=8 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/4/14/north-korea-and-mounting-tensions-the-view-from-seoul |title=North Korea and mounting tensions: The view from Seoul |quote="A pre-emptive strike could trigger a second Korean War," wrote Kim Young-hie, a columnist for the right-of-centre JoongAng Ilbo newspaper, on Thursday.|work=Al Jazeera|date=14 April 2017 |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>}} to right-wing{{refn |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1696014/south-koreas-power-structure-hacked-digital-trail-leads-china |title=South Korea's Power Structure Hacked, Digital Trail Leads to China |quote=According to Kang Min-Seok and Lee Ka-Young of the right-wing JoongAng Ilbo newspaper — who publish an English edition in conjunction with the ''International Herald Tribune'' — numerous government memos were sent out in 2010 urging caution against potential malware hackers|work=Fast Company|date=19 October 2010 |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nknews.org/2015/03/the-interview-as-anti-north-korean-propaganda/ |title='The Interview' as anti-North Korean propaganda |quote=... The right-wing JoongAng Ilbo compared it to "junk food" and concluded that: ... |work=NK News |date=9 March 2015 |access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref>}}}} | founder = Lee Byung-chul | owner = {{plainlist| * Samsung (1965–1999) * {{ill|JoongAng Group|ko|중앙그룹}} (1999–present)}} | format = Berliner | founded = September 22, 1965 | language = Korean | publisher = Chang-hee Park | publishing_country = South Korea | website = {{URL|https://www.joongang.co.kr/}} | module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto |hangul=^중앙_일보 |hanja=中央日報 |child=yes |lk=Central Daily }} }}
{{Conservatism in South Korea|Media}} '''''The JoongAng''''', formerly known as '''''JoongAng Ilbo''''' ({{Korean|중앙일보|lit=Central Daily}}), is a South Korean daily newspaper published in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in South Korea, and a newspaper of record for South Korea. The paper also publishes an English edition, ''Korea JoongAng Daily'', in alliance with the ''International New York Times''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://international.nytimes.com/ |title=The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia |access-date=2013-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015083707/http://international.nytimes.com/ |archive-date=2013-10-15 }}</ref> It is often regarded as the holding company of JoongAng Group ''chaebol'' (a spin-off from Samsung) as it is owner of various affiliates, such as the broadcast station and drama producing company JTBC, and movie theatres chain Megabox.
==History== It was first published on September 22, 1965, by Lee Byung-chul, the founder of Samsung Group which once owned the Tongyang Broadcasting Company (TBC).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lee Byung-Chul, Chairman of Samsung Group, passed away. |url=https://www.littlekorea.org/en/bbs/board.php?bo_table=youtube_4&wr_id=85 |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=littlekorea.org}}</ref> In 1980, ''JoongAng Ilbo'' gave up TBC and TBC merged with KBS. ''JoongAng Ilbo'' is the pioneer in South Korea for the use of horizontal copy layout, topical sections, and specialist reporters with investigative reporting teams. Since April 15, 1995, ''JoongAng Ilbo'' has been laid out horizontally and also became a morning newspaper from then on. In 1999, ''JoongAng Ilbo'' was separated from Samsung.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kim|first=Chunhyo|date=2016-02-26|title=Samsung, Media Empire and Family|doi=10.4324/9781315669045|isbn=9781315669045}}</ref> As of March 18, 2007, it has produced a Sunday edition called ''JoongAng Sunday''.
The paper is considered a newspaper of record in Korea.<ref name=CMC>{{cite book | title=Korean Communication, Media, and Culture: An Annotated Bibliography | date=August 2018 | first1=Kyu Ho |last1=Youm | first2=Nojin | last2=Kwak | author-link1=Kyu Ho Youm | isbn=978-1498583329 | publisher=Lexington Books | page=71 | quote=The prominent "big three" publications — Chosun Ilbo, Dong-A Ilbo, and Joongang Ilbo — are newspapers of record with a combined three million subscribers. | chapter=3 | edition=1st}}</ref>
==English and international issues== {{Main|Korea JoongAng Daily}} The ''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is the English language version of the newspaper, and it is one of three English-language daily newspapers in South Korea, along with ''The Korea Times'' and ''The Korea Herald''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Idaho Sen. Risch warns of war of 'biblical proportions' with North Korea|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/feb/21/idaho-sen-risch-warns-of-war-of-biblical-proportio/|language=|date=Feb 21, 2018|access-date=|work=The Spokesman-Review}}</ref> It runs mainly news and feature stories by staff reporters, and some stories translated from the Korean language newspaper. The ''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is currently sold together with the ''International New York Times''.
''JoongAng Ilbo'' also publishes a United States edition, with branches from Toronto to Buenos Aires. Its parent company, Joongang Media Network (JMNet) holds publication rights to Korean editions of ''Newsweek'' and ''Forbes'' as well as 25% of the shares of JTBC cable TV.
== Criticism == {{main|Chojoongdong}}
''JoongAng Ilbo'' is considered by some critics as part of Chojoongdong (CJD; {{langx|ko|조중동|label=none}}), a pejorative term that refers to the three highly circulated conservative newspapers in South Korea including ''JoongAng Ilbo''. The word is an acronym of the ''Chosun'', ''Joong-ang'' and ''Dong-a Ilbo'' newspapers, and the grouping is seen as forming the basis of South Korea's conservative media.<ref name="Ricento">{{cite book|editor1-last=Ricento|editor1-first=Thomas|title=Language Policy and Political Economy: English in a Global Context|date=2 February 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-936339-1|page=175|edition=2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3RZ0BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA175|access-date=6 February 2018}}</ref> The term was used by ''Hankyoreh'' editor Jung Yeonju ({{langx|ko|정연주|label=none}}) as early as October 2000.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=110&oid=032&aid=0000044316 |script-title=ko:조중동서 중앙 분리 글쎄요| work=Kyunghyang Shinmun| language=ko| date=December 10, 2003| access-date=April 11, 2012|author=Kim Sang-chul(김상철)}}</ref> Korean liberals criticize Chojoongdong primarily because of their conservative-biased editorial stances and doing business in a collusive and surreptitious manner. {{as of|2010|post=,}} the market share of ''Chosun'', ''Joong-ang'' and ''Dong-a Ilbo'' is 24.3%, 21.8%, and 18.3%, respectively.<ref name="Noam">{{cite book|last1=Noam|first1=Eli M.|title=Who Owns the World's Media?: Media Concentration and Ownership Around the World|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-998723-8|page=828|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kDfuCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA828|access-date=6 February 2018}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal bar|Journalism|South Korea}} *List of newspapers in South Korea *Communications in South Korea *Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company *Sohn Suk-hee
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.joongang.co.kr/}} {{in lang|ko}} * [https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/ Korea JoongAng Daily] (English-language version)
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