The Maeil Sinbo was a Korean-language newspaper that was published from 1910 to 1945 from Keijō (Seoul), Korea, Empire of Japan. The newspaper was the successor to The Korea Daily News, which was first published in 1904. It continued publication, largely as an organ of the Japanese colonial government, until the liberation of Korea in 1945. Afterwards, it was taken over by the United States Army Military Government in Korea and reorganized into the Seoul Shinmun by November 23, 1945.
First page of the inaugural edition of the Maeil Sinbo (August 30, 1910)
The single-page issue published on the day Japan's surrender was announced (August 15, 1945)
The August 17, 1945, edition, with headline favorably describing Korea's liberation.
The Korea Daily News was an English-language newspaper published in the Korean Empire between 1904 and 1910. It also published editions in Korean mixed script and Hangul under the name Taehan Maeil Sinbo.
First page of the May 18, 1907, English-language edition
Cover page for the first issue of Taehan Maeil Sinbo (4 August 1904)