Appointed Bang, Sang-Hoon and Bang, Juno as chairman and president, respectively

100th anniversary of The Chosunilbo

Published 30,000th issues of The Chosunilbo

Established the UNIKOREA Foundation

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

Established “The TV Chosun,” a comprehensive programming channel

Launched “The Chosun Biz,” an online business media

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

Introduced “The Global Challenge Program (GCP)”

Held the first “Asian Leadership Conference”

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

Appointed Woo-Young Bang as the honorary chairman

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

Introduced the left-to-right format

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

Won the Global 500 Award (UNEP)

Established The Bang Il-Young Bang Foundation

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

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

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

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

Published The “Sports Chosun”

Published “The Monthly Chosun”

Published The Chosunilbo in the USA

Published 20,000th issues of The Chosunilbo

Published 100,000th copies of The Chosunilbo

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

Appointed Woo-Young Bang as the president

Published “The Weekly Chosun”

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

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

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

Performed the first trainee reporter recruitment test

Appointed Il-Young Bang as a publisher and an editor

Appointed Gi-Young Jang as the president

Continued to publish The Chosunilbo

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

Stopped its publication due to the outbreak of the Korean War

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

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

Established “The Chosunilbo Refoundation Committee”

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

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

Conducted a Chosun local culture study

Published “The Kid Chosunilbo”

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

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

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

Introduced airplane coverage in the Korean media sector

Appointed Ung-Mo Bang as president

Appointed Man-Sik Jo as president

Appointed Jin-Tae You as president

Appointed Jae-Hong Ahn as president

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

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

Ran a corporate advertisement in the annual spring literary contest

Appointed Seok-Woo Shin as president

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

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

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

Published morning and evening newspapers for the first time in Korea

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

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

Introduced an “editorial” in The Chosunilbo

Conducted a movement to establish a college for Koreans

Appointed Hoon Nam gung as president

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

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

Appointed Moon-Hwan Yu as president

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

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

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

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