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256: 29: 812: 411:, which was partially targeted at the paper and placed various restrictions on Koreans purchasing it. Bethell was arrested and tried by the British twice by request of the Japanese government. He transferred ownership of the paper to his assistant editor Alfred W. Marnham, who carried on reporting critically of Japan. Bethell eventually won his second trial at the 404:" arose in armed rebellion. The newspaper devoted much of its reporting around this time to their activities, and urged civilians to join the fight. By 27 May 1908, circulation of the paper reached 13,256 copies (8,143 in mixed script, 4,650 in Hangul, and 463 in English), more than all other newspapers in Korea combined. 328:, Japan's rivals for Korean sovereignty, although Bethell dismissed this idea. Funding was still insufficient; in March 1905, printing of the paper was suspended as he went to Japan to buy a printer and try to raise money. By 11 August, printing resumed, this time with separate Korean and English editions. 453:
in gold and left the country. The 14 June 1910 edition—the paper's 1408th issue—reflects this, with Lee's name given as editor. Yang and other Korean independence activists resigned and denounced the paper publicly as a propaganda piece. The paper stopped publishing in English, and became strictly
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The Japanese were making his life as uncomfortable as they possibly could, and were doing everything to obstruct his work. His mail was constantly tampered with; his servants were threatened or arrested on various excuses, and his household was subjected to the closest espionage. He displayed
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in December 1908, and defiantly immediately returned to continue reporting. However, he died several months afterwards, likely due to his unhealthy lifestyle and stress from his imprisonments. His last words were reportedly "Even if I may die,
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Gojong and other Koreans praised Bethell and saw him as a hero. On 10 February 1906, Gojong gave Bethell a handwritten note, putting him in charge of communications and the press of the empire and subsidizing his expenses.
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On 21 May 1910, Marnham folded under joint British and Japanese pressure. He secretly sold the newspaper to former employee Lee Jang-hoon (
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version of the newspaper, alongside the original version that was written in both Hanja and Hangul. In August, when the
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controlled by Japan. Its final issue was the 1461th mixed-script and 938th Hangul issue. It changed its name to
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in November, Japanese control over the peninsula increased. Newspapers were then censored by the
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surprising tenacity, and held on month after month without showing any sign of yielding.
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Some issues of the English and most of the Korean issues are freely available on the
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The newspaper was sold after Bethell's death in 1909, and became an organ of the
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and Thomas Cowen were sent to Korea to report for the British newspaper
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First page of the May 18, 1907, English-language edition
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1910s disestablishments in the Japanese colonial empire
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Defunct English-language newspapers published in Korea
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13,256 (peak, across every language edition, May 1908)
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was forcefully disbanded, impromptu militias dubbed "
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between 1904 and 1910. It also published editions in
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Ernest Bethell
English
Korean
Seoul
Korean Empire
Circulation
Korean Empire
Korean mixed script
Hangul
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Hanja
Ernest Bethell
Empire of Japan
colonial government
Maeil Sinbo
liberation of Korea
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Seoul Shinmun
Korean Newspaper Archive

Ernest Bethell
Daily Chronicle
The Korea Times
Yang Gi-tak
mixed script
Emperor Gojong
Antoinette Sontag

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