Government-General of Chōsen Gazette

The Government-General of Chōsen Gazette (朝鮮總督府官報, Korean조선총독부 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]

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