Kyunghyang Shinmun [SEP] inception
Kyunghyang Shinmun
The Kyunghyang Shinmun or Kyonghyang Sinmun is a major daily newspaper published in South Korea. It is based in Seoul. The name literally means "Urbi et Orbi Daily News".
History.
"Kyunghyang Shinmun" was founded in 1946 by the Catholic Church, which explains its name. Before the Korean War, it was edited by Fr. Peter Ryang, a refugee from the North, and its circulation was 100,000. "Kyunghyang Shinmun" was temporarily closed down in May 1959 by the Rhee administration
on grounds of having printed "false editorials", but revived after the pro-democracy April Revolution of 1960. As of today, the newspaper is no longer associated with the Catholic Church. 
In 1974, "Kyunghyang Shinmun" joined forces with Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), thus forming the new Munhwa Broadcasting-Kyunghyang Shinmun Company. The partnership lasted until 1981.
It later came to be owned by the Hanwha "chaebol" in 1990, but Hanwha relinquished its control of the newspaper after the 1997 Asian