First edition of the Independent or Tongnip Sinmun (1896-1899), early Korean newspaper. Tongnip Sinmun was the first privately managed modern daily newspaper in Korea. It was founded in July 1896 by a member of the enlightened Korean intelligentsia, Seo Jae-pil.

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