English News and Magazines, Seoul

ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS:

The Korea Herald, The Seoul Times and IHT JoongAng Daily are the three main English dailies, all of which identify Koreans wishing to work on their English as their main target, not the expat community. That said, they are the main sources of print information in English for foreign residents. The JoongAng Daily is bundled with the International Herald Tribune, thus providing global perspectives as well, which makes it more expensive (W1300) than the other two (W700). The English dailies all tend to present a conversative perspective.

Much of what you read in all three is translated from Korean newspapers or taken from foreign, mainly American, news services. Periodically the local English dailies will hire additional English speaking journalists, over and above their English proofreaders, in order to reach more expat readers.

The three dailies are available in various news kiosks (sometimes all three or sometimes only one or two) and also via home delivery. You can also access them on-line: Joongang Daily, Korea Herald and Korea Times.

ENGLISH MAGAZINES:

Various free local magazines focusing on classified advertisements, business/service ads and information on life in Korea are available in hotels, restaurants and tourist kiosks, etc.

English and other language foreign magazines are available in some of the supermarkets that target expat shoppers as well as in some bookstores. Shop around for the best prices, although all are expensive, some places offer them at more affordable prices than others.  The USO also has American magazines which are sold at face value.