The Christian News
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The Christian News was a Korean-language Christian newspaper published in Korea from 1897 to 1914. It changed its Korean name several times; it was founded as 그리스도신문 and renamed 예수교신보 on December 3, 1
First page of its inaugural edition (April 1, 1897)
The Korean Repository
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The Korean Repository was the name for both a monthly English-language magazine published in Korea from January 1892 to December 1898 and a successor weekly newspaper from around February to June 1899
The Christian News
…and Christianity was still uncommon there by the late 1800s. In 1896, an article entitled "The Literary Needs of Korea" was published in the journal The Korean Repository. It argued for the need in creating more Christian Korean-language literature. The newspaper published its first issue on April 1, 1897. Its founder…
Various issues from 1898
Cover of the April 20, 1899 weekly newspaper