Seoul Press Online

The Seoul Press, 1907-1910, 1927-1937

Founded in Seoul in 1890 and published by the Office of the Resident-General (tōkan) 1906-10, then, post-annexation, by the Office of the Government General (Sōtoku) of Korea, the Seoul Press is the English-language newspaper of record for the Japanese protectorate then colony in Korea, 1906-1945. From its acquisition in December 1906 by the Japanese Resident-General until its closure in 1937, the Seoul Press presented the case for Japan as the natural leader of East Asia. Run by a changing cast, most notably the historian of empire, Tokutomi Sōhō and the Anglo-Irish fixer John Russell Kennedy, the Seoul Press was edited by Japan's ablest English-language publicists: Zumoto Motosada (1906-9), Honda Masujiroh (1909-10), Yamagata Isoh (1917-25) and Frank Y. Kim (1926-37).

This Primary Source is extremely rare, covering the period 1907-1937, yet with a 1910-1927 gap. As new issues emerge they will be added to this invaluable Primary Source at no extra cost to subscribers.

Details

• Published daily except Mondays and national holidays.
• Full publication period: Dec. 5, 1906 - May 30, 1937.
• Scanned in greyscale 300 ppi from microfilm of varying quality. We shall continue to search for higher quality originals to replace the current offering.