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KED Global

South Korean business-press, market-oriented conservative

Owned byRun by KED Global News Network, a subsidiary of The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung). The parent is held by many companies, not one owner. Reported shareholders include Hyundai Motor (about 20.55%, the largest holder), SK Telecom and LG. One summary says 52 companies hold about 91.5% of the shares. These figures come from a secondary source and may be out of date.

FundingMainly the parent group's commercial revenue: advertising, subscriptions, and its other media and business units. Its corporate shareholders are also major advertisers and news subjects. I did not find a published breakdown of KED Global's own funding.

On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

The Korea Economic Daily was founded on October 12, 1964, as the Daily Economic Newspaper and took its current name in 1980. It was started to promote liberal democracy and a market economy. It is generally described as a conservative-leaning business daily and is usually ranked as South Korea's second-largest business newspaper after Maeil Business Newspaper, though one source calls it the largest by revenue. The parent operates as Hankyung, with broadcasting, magazine, digital and other media units. KED Global is its English-language edition, produced by the subsidiary KED Global News Network. Its main shareholders are large Korean companies such as Hyundai Motor, SK Telecom and LG, which can create potential conflicts of interest when it covers those companies and their industries. I did not find specific controversies in my searches, so none are described here. Its perspective emphasizes business, markets and industry competitiveness, and tends to be sympathetic to corporate interests. Its coverage of U.S. policy under the second Trump administration is framed mainly by its effects on Korean companies and the Korean economy.

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Profile compiled 2026-10-15; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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