Dong-A Ilbo Newspaper South Korea (literally East Asia Daily) is the leading newspaper since 1920 with daily circulation of more than 1.5 million and opinion leaders as its main readers.

The Dong-A Ilbo is the parent company of the Dong-A Media Group (DAMG), which is composed of 11 affiliates including Sports Dong-A, Dong-A Science, DUNet, and dongA.com. Now the DAMG vows to become a major global media group with the addition of Channel A, our new comprehensive broadcasting company to be launched in December 1, 2011. The Dong-A Ilbo is also the largest shareholder of Channel A. Channel A will cover variety of areas including news, drama, entertainment, sports, education, movies and etc. for 24 hours a day.

The Dong-A Ilbo has partnered with internationally acclaimed news companies such as The New York Times of the United States of America, The Asahi Shimbun of Japan and The People’s Daily of China. It has correspondents stationed in 5 major cities worldwide including Washington D.C., New York, Beijing, Tokyo and Paris. The Dong-A Ilbo is comprised of 800 employees and the Dong-A Media Group is comprised of about 1600 employees.