Talk:Seoul Shinmun

Missing info about recent stuff
Info until like 1955 I think is reasonably good. Afterwards it's missing a ton; the latter half is based on the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture article, but that was written I think in like 1998 lol. I may not come back to this; my interest is limited to its past for now toobigtokale (talk) 05:05, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Successor to The Korea Daily News?
I don't have RS for this, but wanted to put this on people's radars. I'm a little skeptical that this newspaper can truly be considered a descendent of The Korea Daily News. I think they want to claim this for two reasons:


 * 1) The Korea Daily News is prestigious
 * 2) Claiming descendency would make them the oldest newspaper in Korea

However, this comes at the cost of accepting the collaborating Maeil Sinbo as part of its history. This is of course unpleasant, but I think they probably made a value judgement and decided it was worth doing. Many South Korean organizations that descend from colonial-era entities grapple with similar issues.

Still, I'm inclined to believe their claim. The gaps in between The Korea Daily News, Maeil Sinbo, and Seoul Shinmun were fairly short. This is in contrast to the modern Gyeongnam Ilbo's claim, which I think is far less believable. See that article for why. toobigtokale (talk) 08:32, 22 March 2024 (UTC)