Hankook Ilbo

Hankook Ilbo (Korean: 한국일보; Hanja: 韓國日報; lit. Korea Daily) is a Korean-language daily newspaper in Seoul, South Korea. As of 2017, it had a daily circulation of about 213,200.

Hankook Ilbo
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Dongwha Enterprise
PublisherSeung Myung-ho
FoundedJune 9, 1954
Political alignmentCentrism
Fiscal conservatism
Cultural liberalism
LanguageKorean
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Circulation213,200+
WebsiteHankook Ilbo
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHanguk Ilbo
McCune–ReischauerHan'guk Ilbo


It was previously published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, however following an embezzlement scandal in 2013–2014 it was sold to Dongwha Enterprise, which also owns The Korea Times.

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