[1] The pair,[1] along with Korean independence activist Yang Gi-tak, published the first English-only issue of Korea Times on 29 June 1904.

[1][2][4] He transferred ownership of the paper to his assistant editor Arthur Marnham, who carried on reporting critically of Japan.

[1] On 21 May 1910,[5] Marnham folded under joint British and Japanese pressure, secretly sold the newspaper, and left the country.

It changed its name to Maeil Sinbo (매일신보; 每日申報) on 30 August 1910,[1] and became subordinated to the Japanese-language paper Keijō Nippō.

[5] In February 1946, they began publishing Sincheonji (신천지; 新天地), a monthly magazine that covered various topics including current affairs, culture, and the arts.

A two-page successor paper, called Jinjung Shinmun (진중신문; 陣中新聞) began publication in April 1951, and was the only operating newspaper service in the city at the time.

[7] On 23 March 1959, it changed its numbering system to effectively cut out the Maeil Sinbo portion of its history, by making its first Seoul Shinmun issue as No.

However, after the May 16 coup of 1961, it began receiving support from the government, and resumed publication on 22 December of that year, publishing 36 pages per week in the evenings.

It began using computerized typesetting in January 1985, and moved to a larger office at Taepyeongno, Jung District, Seoul.