| Taehan Sinmun | |
| Founder: | Lee Wan-yong, |
| Political: | Pro–Empire of Japan |
| Language: | Korean (mixed script) |
| Publishing City: | Seoul |
| Publishing Country: | Korean Empire |
Taehan Sinmun, or The Daihan Press, was a Korean-language newspaper published in the Korean Empire from 1907 to 1910.[1]
The paper was the successor to the previous 1906–1907 newspaper Mansebo.[2] Mansebo was a newspaper affiliated with the Cheondoism religious movement. It and Chendoism were critical of Japan's encroachments into Korean sovereignty; reportedly even the Korean Emperor Gojong was fond of the paper. However, it eventually shut down on June 29, 1907, due to financial difficulties.
Prominent pro-Japanese Korean minister Lee Wan-yong wanted to establish a paper that supporting his leanings, and arranged for the former head writer of Mansebo,, to purchase the former paper and its facilities. It was then converted into the pro-Japanese Taehan Sinmun.
The paper was headquartered in what is today Hoehyeon-dong, Seoul. It had a budget of 20,000 won. Its president was Yi In-jik, editor, and head writer Ch'oe Yŏng-su . It promoted the agendas of Lee and his organization Iljinhoe. According to a Daehan Maeil Sinbo report, the newspaper received around 500 won per month from the government's Ministry of Finance, and even received a 1,000 won donation from Lee in November 1909 to support the acquisition of movable type printing presses.
The paper was firmly pro-Japanese until its end. After the assassination of former Japanese Resident-General of Korea Itō Hirobumi by Korean independence activist An Jung-geun, the paper joined other pro-Japanese papers such as in a memorial ceremony to Itō.
Shortly after Korea's formal annexation into the Empire of Japan in 1910, the newspaper had to change its name. It briefly changed to Hanyang Sinmun, but was discontinued and merged into other pro-Japanese Korean newspaper Maeil Sinbo on September 1, 1910.