The Kookje Daily News

The Kookje Daily News
FoundedSeptember 1, 1947 (1947-09-01)
LanguageKorean
Ceased publicationNovember 30, 1980
RelaunchedFebruary 1, 1989
CityBusan
CountrySouth Korea
Websitewww.kookje.co.kr

The Kookje Daily News[1] (Korean: 국제신문; Hanja: 國際新聞) is a Korean-language newspaper based in Busan, South Korea. It was established on September 1, 1947, under a different name. It changed names in 1950, and received its current name on June 1, 1977. On November 30, 1980, the newspaper was closed and made to merge into Busan Ilbo under a presidential order that mandated press consolidation. It reopened on February 1, 1989.[2] According to a 2010 report, of local newspapers, it had the third largest circulation in the country, behind Busan Ilbo and Maeil Sinmun [ko].[3]

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  2. ^ 정, 대철, "국제신문 (國際新聞)", Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean), Academy of Korean Studies, retrieved 2024-09-01
  3. ^ "ABC협회, 국내 신문사 신문발행부수 발표". 시사오늘(시사ON) (in Korean). 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2024-09-01.