The purpose of this study is to research the publishers' thought of the Hwangsongshinmun (Hwangsong Daily Newspaper) during the last years of the Chosun Dynasty. Hwangseongshinmun was being Published from Sep. 1989 to Aug. 1910 (12 years). This time t...
The purpose of this study is to research the publishers' thought of the Hwangsongshinmun (Hwangsong Daily Newspaper) during the last years of the Chosun Dynasty. Hwangseongshinmun was being Published from Sep. 1989 to Aug. 1910 (12 years). This time that Chosun came to reach an extreme crisis by the Great Powers. In particular, Japan intruded itself into Korea on politics and economy.
In these circumstances, the Chosun's elite had thought and movement to recover the national sovereign and to construct national independence. Hwangseongshinmun's publishers followed the line of the Patriotic Enlightenment Movement (愛國啓蒙運動). And so Hwangsongshinmun was speaking for the Patriotic Enlightenment Movement. In the course of the movement, Hwangsongshinrnun would be educated the people from the press campaign.
We researched the political and press thought of the publishers. The Hwangsongshinmun publishers based upon Confucian idea, but their did not remain the Idea. They pursued the modernization of all aspects including politics, economy, society, culture etc. The Hwangsongshinmun publishers believed the reformed through the reader's enlighten. The Hwangsongshinmun publishers participated in the Patriotic Enlightenment's organizations. And so we estimated that the Hwangsongshinmun was the role of the Patriotic Enlightenment Movement.