Hankook Ilbo Media Group

The Hankook Ilbo Media Group was a South Korean publishing company with headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1954 by Chang Key-young. It had been the publisher of Hankook Ilbo, The Korea Times, Seoul Economic Daily, Sports Hankook, Children's Hankook Ilbo, Weekly Hankook and The Korea Times in North America. Hankook Ilbo also published Korean editions of Fortune Korea, Popular Science, Golf Magazine and is Bloomberg TV's content partner.[1]

For the group's flagship newspaper, see Hankook Ilbo.
Hankook Ilbo Media Group
IndustryMedia
Founded1954
FounderChang Key-young
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Websitewww.hankooki.com

History

Controversy

Chang Jae-ku, former chairman of the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, was found guilty in February 2014 by the Seoul Central District Court of embezzling company funds worth a total of 45.6 billion won ($40.8 million) from Hankook Ilbo and Seoul Economic Daily. He was sentenced to three years in prison.[2]

See also

References
  1. Kikuchi, Tomomi. "Asia's print media are on the ropes". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  2. "Newspaper owner gets prison term for embezzlement". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. February 11, 2014.
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