The ChosunMedia

2010s

1. June 24, 2017

   Published 30,000th issues of The Chosunilbo

2. May 26, 2015

   Established the UNIKOREA Foundation

3. March 5, 2013

   Opened the “The Chosunilbo Newseum,” a multimedia experience center in Seoul

4. December 1,2011

   Established “The TV Chosun,” a comprehensive programming channel

5. May 10, 2010

   Launched “The Chosun Biz,” an online business media

   March 5, 2010

   Held a “sealing the time capsule” event to mark the 90th anniversary of its foundation (planned to open the capsule on its 100th anniversary)

2000s

1. February 13, 2009

   Introduced “The Global Challenge Program (GCP)”

2. March 3, 2005

   Held the first “Asian Leadership Conference”

3. October 8, 2003

   The first in Korea to publish a newspaper (36 pages) in full color

   March 26, 2003

   Appointed Woo-Young Bang as the honorary chairman

   March 26, 2003

   Created “The Internet News Sector” and operated its own online breaking news system

1990s

1. March 2, 1999

   Introduced the left-to-right format

2. April 24, 1998

   Introduced the system of using real names in e-mails, a first in the Korean media sector

3. June 3, 1994

   Won the Global 500 Award (UNEP)

4. November 20, 1993

   Established The Bang Il-Young Bang Foundation

   April 28, 1993

   Introduced the system of using real names in articles, a first in the Korean media sector

   Mar. 20, 1993

   Introduced the Ombudsman system, a first in the Korean media sector

   March 10, 1993

   Appointed Bang Woo-Young and Sang-Hoon Bang as chairman and president, respectively

5. March 21, 1992

   Completed the simultaneous printing network across the nation, a first for a newspaper in Korea

6. March 21, 1990

   Published The “Sports Chosun”

1980s

1. April 4, 1986

   Published “The Monthly Chosun”

2. February 1, 1984

   Published The Chosunilbo in the USA

3. March 15, 1980

   Published 20,000th issues of The Chosunilbo

1970s

1. February 27, 1979

   Published 100,000th copies of The Chosunilbo

2. April 17, 1971

   Adopted “The Declaration of Press Freedom” to protest against the government’s suppression of the press

3. February 2, 1970

   Appointed Woo-Young Bang as the president

1960s

1. October 20, 1968

   Published “The Weekly Chosun”

2. November 14, 1964

   Appointed Il-Young Bang and Woo-Young Bang as chairman and senior executive director, respectively

   August 1964

   Gathered a million signatures to repatriate the people kidnapped in North Korea

1950s

1. March 23, 1955

   Published 10,000 issues of The Chosunilbo, a first in the Korean media sector

2. June 9, 1954

   Performed the first trainee reporter recruitment test

   April 30, 1954

   Appointed Il-Young Bang as a publisher and an editor

3. April 28, 1952

   Appointed Gi-Young Jang as the president

4. October 23, 1950

   Continued to publish The Chosunilbo

   July 6, 1950

   Ung-Mo Bang, the president, was kidnapped by North Korea

   June 27, 1950

   Stopped its publication due to the outbreak of the Korean War

1940s

1. February 23, 1947

   Held the inaugural shareholders' general meeting of The Chosunilbo (appointed Ung-Mo Bang as president)

2. November 23, 1945

   Republished The Chosunilbo five years and three months after publication was halted

   August 1945

   Established “The Chosunilbo Refoundation Committee”

3. August 10, 1940

   Printing of The Chosunilbo was halted by the Japanese government (Directive No. 6923)

1930s

1. November 26, 1938

   Held the first film festival in Korea (“The First Film Festival”)

   March 5, 1938

   Conducted a Chosun local culture study

2. January 10, 1937

   Published “The Kid Chosunilbo”

3. August 8, 1936

   The first in the Korean media to cover a story through an international phone call (Kee-Chung Son joined the Berlin Marathon)

4. 1935

   Constructed The Chosunilbo office in Taepyeong-ro, SeoulCreated the corporate philosophy, “Advocacy of Justice, Cultural Development, Industrial Development, and Impartiality”

   December 21, 1935

   Protested against the Japanese government on their move to eliminate Hangul education Distributed 100,000th Hangul education materials across the nation

   January 10, 1935

   Introduced airplane coverage in the Korean media sector

5. July 19, 1933

   Appointed Ung-Mo Bang as president

6. November 23, 1932

   Appointed Man-Sik Jo as president

   February 22, 1932

   Appointed Jin-Tae You as president

7. July 25, 1931

   Appointed Jae-Hong Ahn as president

1920s

1. July 14, 1929

   Started an anti-illiteracy movement (slogan: “Knowledge is power; we need to learn”)

2. May 9, 1928

   133-day publication suspension due to an editorial condemning the dispatch of Japanese troops

3. December 1, 1927

   Ran a corporate advertisement in the annual spring literary contest

   March 25, 1927

   Appointed Seok-Woo Shin as president

   February 15, 1927

   Founded “The Shinganhoe,” a national liberation front against JapanConducted a movement to abolish harmful laws

4. September 8, 1925

   Indefinite suspension because of an editorial that criticized Japan (third time)The first in Korea to have dispatched a correspondent overseas (Moscow)

   February 21, 1925

   The first in Korea to have published morning and evening editions of a newspaper

5. November 23, 1924

   Published morning and evening newspapers for the first time in Korea

   September 13, 1924

   The first newspaper to have published a cartoon strip, “The Meongtungguri (Fool)”

   September 13, 1924

   Seok-Woo Shin acquired The Chosunilbo.
   Sang-Jae Lee was appointed as president

6. June 28, 1923

   Introduced an “editorial” in The Chosunilbo

7. December 1, 1922

   Conducted a movement to establish a college for Koreans

8. April 9, 1921

   Appointed Hoon Nam gung as president

9. September 5, 1920

   Criticized the suspension of the paper three days after it was canceled, and the indefinite suspension of the publication (second time)

   August 27, 1920

   First suspension as a private newspaper for criticizing the suppression of the Koreans by the Japanese policemen

   August 15, 1920

   Appointed Moon-Hwan Yu as president

   April 28, 1920

   Newspaper was confiscated because of its condemnation of the forced marriage between King Young Chin and Bang-Ja, a member of the Japanese imperial family

   March 5, 1920

   Appointed Jin-Tae Jo as the first president of The Chosunilbo

1910s

1. October 1919

   Declared “The progress to new civilization,” which was the purpose of the foundation of The Chosunilbo

   September 1919

   Founded The Chosunilbo (organized the “assembly of ‘The Chosunilbo’ foundation promoters”)