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'''Ernest Bethel'''([[1872]] - [[May 1]] [[1909]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[journalist]] working in Asia as a correspondent for the [[Daily News of London]]. He founded an early newspaper in [[Korea]] with [[Yang Gi-tak]] in 1904, the ''[[Seoul Shinmun|Daehan Maeil Sinbo]]'' (대한매일신보, 大韓每日申報, [[The Korea Daily News]]), which was published in Korean and English. The publication was strongly antagonistic to the Japanese.<ref>[http://english.president.go.kr/warp/en/korea/society/media/index.html Press, Office of the President] also cited by Nicole Cohen, ''Japanese Periodicals in Colonial Korea'', report on Japanese bibliography accessed on [[Columbia University]] NY website at [http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/BIB95/00korea_cohen.htm] July 27, 2006</ref> |
'''Ernest Thomas Bethel'''([[1872]] - [[May 1]] [[1909]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[journalist]] working in Asia as a correspondent for the [[Daily News of London]]. He founded an early newspaper in [[Korea]] with [[Yang Gi-tak]] in 1904, the ''[[Seoul Shinmun|Daehan Maeil Sinbo]]'' (대한매일신보, 大韓每日申報, [[The Korea Daily News]]), which was published in Korean and English. The publication was strongly antagonistic to the Japanese.<ref>[http://english.president.go.kr/warp/en/korea/society/media/index.html Press, Office of the President] also cited by Nicole Cohen, ''Japanese Periodicals in Colonial Korea'', report on Japanese bibliography accessed on [[Columbia University]] NY website at [http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/BIB95/00korea_cohen.htm] July 27, 2006</ref> |
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He reported on the [[Russo-Japanese War]], but then stayed in [[Korean Empire|Korea]] and reported on [[Japanese nationalism|Japanese imperialism]] in Korea. In particular he noted the abuses by Japanese soldiers against Koreans. For his commentary he was imprisoned, where he died of [[tuberculosis]]. The [[monument]] that Koreans erected in for him was defaced by the Japanese, and another monument was erected near by the original one. |
He reported on the [[Russo-Japanese War]], but then stayed in [[Korean Empire|Korea]] and reported on [[Japanese nationalism|Japanese imperialism]] in Korea. In particular he noted the abuses by Japanese soldiers against Koreans. For his commentary he was imprisoned, where he died of [[tuberculosis]]. The [[monument]] that Koreans erected in for him was defaced by the Japanese, and another monument was erected near by the original one. |
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Revision as of 00:46, 30 November 2009
Ernest Thomas Bethel(1872 - May 1 1909) was a British journalist working in Asia as a correspondent for the Daily News of London. He founded an early newspaper in Korea with Yang Gi-tak in 1904, the Daehan Maeil Sinbo (대한매일신보, 大韓每日申報, The Korea Daily News), which was published in Korean and English. The publication was strongly antagonistic to the Japanese.[1]
He reported on the Russo-Japanese War, but then stayed in Korea and reported on Japanese imperialism in Korea. In particular he noted the abuses by Japanese soldiers against Koreans. For his commentary he was imprisoned, where he died of tuberculosis. The monument that Koreans erected in for him was defaced by the Japanese, and another monument was erected near by the original one.
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- ^ Press, Office of the President also cited by Nicole Cohen, Japanese Periodicals in Colonial Korea, report on Japanese bibliography accessed on Columbia University NY website at [1] July 27, 2006
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