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manlyboy · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:22 am Post subject: Which newspaper do you prefer?

I'm curious about what people think of the local rags. If you had to choose, which one would it be and why?

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

Korean Times for sports coverage.

keithinkorea · Joined: 17 Mar 2004

The IHT is pretty good. The Herald is a big joke and the Times is little better. I presume you're talking about English language papers. My Korean is too poor to read the Korean ones.

IHT doesn't really count as you can read it anywhere, It's like CNN or the BBC or something. IHT+Chosun Ilbo doesn't count in my view! On another note a Korea colleague was a bit freaked when I told her I read the Chosun. She said it was very right wing! I'm a liberal in my political views and to be told I'm a fire breathing fascist was very strange Wink

IHT is however the best and it is comforting to note that many people seem to agree.

peppermint · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:52 pm Post subject:

I read a lot of the more serious blogs, more so than local newpapers

Juggertha · Joined: 27 May 2003 Location: Anyang, Korea

hehe Actually I read the IHT at work and Chosun Ilbo at home.

kprrok · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Location: KC

My boss subscribes to the Herald, and I read it in the morning just to get an idea of what's going on, plus the comics. Then on lunch break or after work I go and buy the Times so that I can read more articles. And the sports.

The Herald's "international/world" page is half a page with the rest ads. The same is true of half of their paper. The Times is bad, but not nearly that bad. At least there we get almost 2 full pages of world news and 2 pages of sports normally. Plus the comics are different in the Times, so that's good. Gotta have Doonesbury. I prefer the Op-Ed in the Times as well.

KPRROK

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

The FT leads the field and is not even in the poll ..

kprrok · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Location: KC

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

The onion.

just because · Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964

Definantly IHT however,

Sports Seoul is a good read for us Korean readers who are into korean sports.

Good sports coverage plus some pretty girls. What more could you want(besides decent news I know). Very Happy

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

It amuses me that everytime there is a storm, floods, typhoon, or natural disaster of some description in Japan, the Heral d reports it gleefully. I've noticed this several times, they can hardly disguise their gloating joy.

"TYPHOON RIPS JAPAN TO PIECES"

A Typhoon really messed up japan yesterday, causing at least 9 deaths. Our reporter is trying to find out if there could possibly be even more.
The storm destroyed a lot of infrastructure, so The Japanese will be paying for the damage for a long time"

peemil · Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Location: Koowoompa

They are not newspapers, except for the Tribune. They are toilet paper and should be treated as so.

hippie · Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Location: Bucheon (pending)

tomwaits · Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Location: PC Bong

For Korea I prefer the Herald but not by much...Used to like the inserts on Saturday from LA and Europe...

FT is 2000 won a day and cheaper by subscription. Surely not too much for a teacher salary. Wink

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

The Korea Herald and The Korea Times are awful. It didn't bother me when I worked at a Kids Herald school and read them every day. The articles aren't 'in depth' like, say, a newspaper from London or Washington, but then its not for readers who are that fluent, is it? Still, there seemed to be a formula to its make-up. For example every edition would have something about a 'threatening' move by another country at the border, or the procurement of a new weapons system by the Korean forces. But the newspaper in my hometown is just about as bad. 'The Sunday Times' from London is more in-depth and informative, though. I'd snatch those from the subway stalls (pay for them, of course).