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News consumption in South Korea - statistics & facts

Around 66 percent of South Koreans were reading the news in 2021. Among those who do read the news, nearly 93 percent reported reading online newspapers, a figure that has risen over the previous decade, in contrast to the readership of printed newspapers. The most trusted news brand as of 2023 was MBC News, pulling ahead of YTN, which was the country's first 24-hour news channel.
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Published by Julia Stoll, Dec 17, 2025

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