The Hankyoreh

Hankyoreh
Cover of Hankyoreh
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet (weekday)
Tabloid (Saturday)
Owner(s)Hankyoreh Media Group
PublisherChoi Woo-seong
EditorKim Young-hee
Founded15 May 1988 (1988-05-15) (as Hankyoreh Shinmun)
Political alignment
HeadquartersMapo-gu, Seoul
Websitewww.hani.co.kr
Korean name
Hangul
한겨레
Lit.The Korean Nation; One Nation
RRHangyeore
MRHan'gyŏre
IPAhan.ɡjʌ.ɾe

The Hankyoreh (Korean: 한겨레; lit. The Korean Nation; One Nation) is a centre-left liberal daily newspaper in South Korea. It was established in 1988 after widespread purges forced out dissident journalists, and was envisioned as an alternative to existing newspapers, which were regarded as unduly influenced by the authoritarian government at the time. When it launched, it claimed to be "the first newspaper in the world truly independent of political power and large capital." As of 2016, it has been voted as the most trusted news organization by Korean journalists for nine consecutive years but is also the least influential news outlet by the survey. It has online editions in English, Chinese, and Japanese.