The Korea Times is the oldest of three English-language newspapers published daily in South Korea, along with The Korea Herald and The JoongAng Daily. It is part of the same newspaper group as Hankook Ilbo, a major Korean language daily. The group also publishes Sports Hankook and Seoul Economic Daily.

Since its inception on November 1, 1950, The Korea Times has seen itself as a gateway to South Korea for English-speaking visitors and the diplomatic corps. Its coverage includes politics, society, business, finance, culture and sports. In recent years, The Korea Times has also published weekly "Foreign Community" section, as well as a weekender on Friday. It also publishes licensed content from the Los Angeles Times World Report and The New York Times.

In May, 2006, "The Korea Times" switched from the McCune-Reischauer system to the officially recognized Revised Romanization system for writing Korean place names. The switch aims to help readers avoid confusion arising from the differences between the two systems.

Park Moo-jong.[53559]has beenthe president and publisher of The Korea Times.

See also

• Communications in South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics
• List of newspapers

External links

• Hankook Ilbo
• Korea Times
• Brief Introduction to The Korea Times