Government-General of Chōsen Gazette

The Government-General of Chōsen Gazette (朝鮮總督府官報, Korean: 조선총독부 관보) was a daily Japanese-language government gazette of the Government-General of Chōsen, the Japanese colonial government in Korea. It was published from August 29, 1910, until August 30, 1945.[1]

Government-General of Chōsen Gazette
Cover of the August 29, 1910 first edition
FrequencyDaily
FormatGovernment gazette
PublisherGovernment-General of Chōsen
First issueAugust 29, 1910 (1910-08-29)
Final issueAugust 30, 1945 (1945-08-30)
CountryKorea, Empire of Japan
Based inKeijō (Seoul)
LanguageJapanese

It was published almost every day throughout the colonial period. It published around 10,000 issues total, containing 130,000 pages and 200 million characters.[2] It contained information on a variety of topics, including business transactions, administrative activities, the results of surveys or studies, current affairs, and changes in colonial government personnel.[2] It is now considered a highly valuable resource for studying the 1910–1945 Japanese colonial period.[3][2]

An archive of the publication is available online for free, courtesy of the National Institute of Korean History.[1] The archive has been transcribed, and is searchable and indexed.[3]

See also

References
  1. "조선총독부 관보: 일자별 보기". db.history.go.kr. National Institute of Korean History. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  2. "조선총독부관보활용시스템". koreanhistory.or.kr. National Institute of Korean History. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  3. "국립중앙도서관, 고신문 DB·조선총독부관보 서비스 실시". 아시아경제 (in Korean). 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
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