Chosun Ilbo, the most influential daily in Korea, interviews the AsiaN’s publisher Lee

The Chosun Ilbo, the most influential conservative daily newspaper in South Korea, carried an interview story of Lee Sang-ki, President-Publisher of The AsiaN last  Saturday (Nov. 24). The interview was held on the occasion of the first founding anniversary of the internet media which publishes news stories in four languages of Korean, English, Chinese and Arab.

In the interview, Lee said that “our media is aimed at reporting what’s happening in Asian region from the Asian point of view without any distortions and prejudice,  free from European viewpoint.”

“One of our strong-points is that we are offering  a variety of columns based on our wide range of human network. We are also planning to publish off-line magazine from around the middle of next year,” Lee revealed.

The Chosun Ilbo, founded in 1920, is one of the oldest newspapers in the nation and regarded as the most influential in South Korea. It is also known to have the largest number of readers among the major dailies in South Korea. Some 24 to 30 percent of those subscribing dailies here are the reader of the paper.