Talk:Boston Korea

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• Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest guideline, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. BosKorean (talk) 20:35, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that the founder of Boston Korea at first wrote, edited, designed, and delivered the newspaper himself, on routes running from Boston to New Hampshire?

• Source: https://sites.bu.edu/koreandiaspora/institutions/boston-korea-newspaper/

• • ALT1: ... that Boston Korea has reportedly been the only Korean-language print newspaper published in the Boston area since its founding in 2005? Source: https://www.okpedia.kr/Contents/ContentsView?contentsId=GC95103982&localCode=naw&nodeId=G4%2F3
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  • Comment: Self-nomination, my first DYK. Disclosure: I am the newspaper's editor-in-chief and created the article through AfC with a declared conflict of interest.

Created by Chang at Boston Korea (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Chang at Boston Korea (talk) 13:53, 26 August 2026 (UTC).

Edit request: NBC-sourced additions and images

I am the editor-in-chief of Boston Korea (disclosed COI; the article was created through AfC). Requesting the following changes. Items 1 and 2 are supported by the NBC News feature already cited in the article (ref name "nbc"). The images in items 3 to 5 are on Commons: the logo is {{PD-textlogo}}, and the two photographs are my own work released under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. In the lead, after "...as the region's largest Korean-language newspaper", add: ", and by NBC News as the city's last remaining Korean-language newspaper."

2. At the end of the first History paragraph, add: "In 2007 the paper merged with Boston Korean, an online classifieds and community forum popular with Korean international students in the area; the following year it moved into a larger office and hired its first full-time reporter."

3. Add the logo to the infobox: | logo = Boston Korea logo.jpg

4. In the Coverage section, add the office photo:

The newspaper's offices on Harvard Avenue in Allston

5. In the Coverage section, add the distribution photo:

Copies of the paper on a distribution rack at H Mart in Burlington

Thank you. Chang at Boston Korea (talk) 21:29, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Adding one more item to this request, with independent sources:

6. Add a new section before "See also":

== Awards and recognition ==

In 2021, founder and editor-in-chief Myongsool Chang received a Presidential Commendation from the South Korean government for services to the overseas Korean community, announced on the 15th World Korean Day. In 2024, Boston Korea was among the local news organizations selected in the first national open call of Press Forward, a philanthropic initiative supporting local news, chosen for its work closing coverage gaps for underserved communities.

Thank you. Chang at Boston Korea (talk) 01:51, 28 August 2026 (UTC)