{{Short description|South Korean weekly magazine}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Sisain | logo = | image_file = | image_caption = | editor = Lee Sook-yi | editor_title = Editor-in-chief | previous_editor = Pyo Wan-soo (publisher) | frequency = Weekly | category = News magazine | company = Cham Media Co., Ltd. | firstdate = {{Start date|2007|08|29}} | country = South Korea | language = Korean | website = {{URL|www.sisain.co.kr}} }}
'''''Sisain''''' ({{Korean|hangul=시사IN}}) is a weekly news magazine based in South Korea. It was founded in 2007 by former journalists of ''Sisa Journal'' who resigned due to a controversy over editorial independence.
==History== The magazine's inaugural issue was published on August 29, 2007, following a labor strike and mass resignation of reporters protesting editorial interference concerning a Samsung-related article.<ref>{{cite web |last= Lee |first= Hanui |date= 26 June 2016 |title=시사저널 사태 10년, ‘짝퉁’ 이미지는 벗었지만… |url=https://www.mediatoday.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=130638 |website= Media Today |location= |publisher= |access-date= 15 January 2026}}</ref> Notable journalists including Joo Jin-woo and Ko Jae-yeol were among the founding members.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}
In 2013, the Korea ABC Association reported ''Sisain'' as the highest in paid circulation among South Korean weekly news magazines, with over 46,000 paid copies between July 2011 and June 2012.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}
== Awards == * The editorial team received the 23rd An Jong-pil Free Press Award (2011).<ref>{{cite web |title='SisaIN' wins Free Press Award |url=http://www.pdjournal.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=32910 |date=2011-10-14 |website=PD Journal |language=ko}}</ref> * Photojournalist Jo Nam-jin received the Korean Journalists Association’s Monthly Award for his coverage of Choi Soon-sil in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edaily.co.kr/news/NewsRead.edy?SCD=JE31&newsid=02840486612848344 |title=Korean Journalists Association Monthly Awards |date=2016-11-22 |website=edaily.co.kr |access-date=2025-07-15 |archive-date=2016-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127023334/http://www.edaily.co.kr/news/NewsRead.edy?SCD=JE31&newsid=02840486612848344 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> * Journalists Ko Je-kyu, Shin Han-seul, Kim Yeon-hee, and Lee Sang-won were awarded for their feature “Living on Minimum Wage.”<ref>{{cite news |title=Monthly Journalism Award for ‘Minimum Wage Life’ |url=http://www.ihalla.com/read.php3?aid=1437466148507212121 |publisher=Halla Ilbo |language=ko}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.sisain.co.kr/ Official website] * [http://blog.sisain.co.kr/ Official blog]
Category:Magazines published in South Korea Category:News magazines published in Asia Category:Weekly magazines Category:Magazines established in 2007 Category:Political magazines Category:Progressivism in South Korea