Post-War Korea (1953–1980)

39,000 Radios, 961 Televisions: Media on Jeju Island in 1971.

라디오 3만 9천대 This brief statistical report appeared in the Jeju Sinmun (제주신문) on March 19, 1971. Published by the Provincial Culture and Public Information Office (道문화공보실), it offers a snapshot of media penetration on Jeju Island at the opening of the 1970s — a moment when radio was the dominant mass medium and television…

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The Girls Who Sweep Winter Away

겨울 쓸어내는 아가씨들 This photograph and caption appeared in the Jeju Sinmun Newspaper (제주신문) on February 20, 1971. It shows students from Shinseong Girls’ High School (신성여고) sweeping the streets of Jeju city as winter gave way to spring. The caption’s invocation of the Greek goddess Hygieia reflects the civic sanitation rhetoric that accompanied the…

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