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[email protected] Translated by Yang Sungjin(Editor of the National Desk at The Korea Herald) Copyedited by Elaine Ramirez(Copy Editor at The Korea Herald) Chung Yongkuk(Professor, Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication, Dongguk Univ.) Published by Korea Press Foundation www.kpf.or.kr Korea Press Foundation 12-15F., Korea Press Center 124 Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea First Edition December 2014 Copyright © 2014 by Korea Press Foundation Designed by Nine Communication ISBN 978-89-5711-376-9 Contents Chapter 1. 2013/2014 Korean Media Overview … 04 Chapter 2. Media Market … 22 Chapter 3. Media Workers … 30 Chapter 4. Print Newspaper Market … 40 Chapter 5. Broadcasting Market … 44 Chapter 6. Internet Newspaper Market … 56 Chapter 7. Media Audience : Pattern and Evaluation … 62 Chapter 8. Current Situation of Newspaper Industry Support … 74 Appendix 1. Overseas Branches of the Korean Media … 76 Appendix 2. Korean Correspondents Overseas … 78 Appendix 3. Foreign Correspondents in Korea … 83 Appendix 4. Directory … 90 Chapter 1 2013/2014 Korean Media Overview • Newspaper Last year, 42.6 percent of survey participants visited the print newspapers’ websites to read their online news, marking a solid increase from Increasing News Consumption on 28.1 percent in 2011 and 36.6 percent in 2012. Mobile Internet These results suggest that the overall newspaper reader base remains little changed, but a growing According to the 2013 Audience Research Re- number of readers are adopting the Internet as a port published by the Korea Press Foundation, key outlet to read news.