First run The
Gyeongnam Ilbo was the first regional Korean-language newspaper The Gyeongnam Ilbo Company was founded in February 1909, several months before the publication of the first issue. Its office was based out of Jinju-gun ().
Second run The newspaper was restarted by a new staff on March 1, 1946, after the end of the colonial period. It was notably right-leaning and anti-communist. Heo Man-che () took the lead in restarting the paper. He was reportedly so passionate about it that he sold his food company to fund the paper's development. The paper was heavily involved in the November 22, 1949 establishment of the annual , then known as the Yeongnam Art Festival. The festival still runs today. The newspaper funded the event until the 11th installment, and much of the work done for preparing the festival was performed by the newspaper's staff. During the 1950–1953
Korean War, the newspaper struggled to keep running. Its headquarters and printing equipment was destroyed. The paper, which once staunchly supported first President of South Korea
Syngman Rhee, began to criticize him as Rhee tightened control over the country. As a result, on July 26, 1952, armed assailants raided one of their offices and destroyed their equipment and materials. The newspaper was closed for seven weeks. In 1961, after
Park Chung Hee seized power in the
May 16 coup, the military government demanded that Seol Chang-su (), the president of the newspaper since 1952, resign. The paper began publishing more on local stories and culture around this time. On November 25, 1980, the newspaper was made to close after a government order was issued for there to be one newspaper per province. The
Gyeongnam Ilbo was merged into the
Kyongnam Shinmun.
Third run The newspaper was restarted by a new staff in January 1989. It constructed a new office in Sangpyeong-dong. It initially used the name "Shin Gyeongnam Ilbo" (), because of legal restrictions on using the original name. It eventually acquired the rights to use the name, and began printing under it on January 1, 2000 with its No. 13691 issue. In 2003, a copy of the was found in an old house in Sugok-myeon, and was designated South Gyeongsang Province
Tangible Cultural Heritage No. 482 on August 6, 2009. ==See also==