[1] There was a significant population of Koreans in Vladivostok that congregated in an enclave called Kaechŏk-ri (개척리; 開拓里) around this time.

[5] The new paper's president was Ch'a Sŏkpo (차석보; 車錫甫), editor Yu Chinyul (유진율; 兪鎭律), lead writer Yun P'ilpong (윤필봉; 尹弼鳳).

[2][6][7] The paper was allied with the San Francisco–based Sinhan Minbo and Korea-based Taehan maeil sinbo; they shared information to each other and worked to distribute each other's issues.

[1] The newspaper and its company Taedong Kongbo Co. (대동공보사; 大東共報社) championed the Korean independence movement,[2] and promoted militant resistance to the Japanese colonization of Korea.

[2] In October 1909, An and the company learned that the former Japanese Resident-General of Korea, Itō Hirobumi, would visit Harbin.

Ch'oe Chaehyŏng [ko] became the paper's president, and in 1910 began donating money each month to cover its expenses.

[12] One request finally succeeded, and on June 5, 1911, a successor paper was founded by the youth group Ch'ŏngnyŏn Kŭnŏphoe (청년근업회; 靑年勤業會) entitled Taeyangbo.