《韓民族日報》史要追溯至1988年，令人感到似曾相識的是：當時南韓仍處於盧泰愚的專制統治下，主流新聞媒體的作風極為保守。超過200名因為敢言而被媒體裁撤的新聞工作者，經過一輪大型的集資運動後，終於成功得到近60,000名小股東的支持，籌得逾2,000萬美元的資金辦報，即平均每人出資約4,000美元；但同時又規定每名股東持股不得超過1%，以確保擁有權維持在分散狀態。時至今日，負責該報日常管理的行政總裁，仍由全體員工以一人一票方式選出；而由行政總裁提名的總編輯，亦需取得全體員工的信任投票通過任命。最終《韓民族日報》仍能在高度集團化的報業巿場中脫穎而出，甚至擠身南韓三大日報的地位。
The Hankyoreh is an independent newspaper established in 1988 by journalists who had dreamed of a genuinely independent newspaper
Among them were dozens of
former journalists who had been ejected from their jobs due to their roles in
promoting freedom of the press and democracy. Their long-cherished dream of
beginning an independent newspaper came true through successful fundraising,
which began shortly after popular uprising against the military dictatorship in
1987. The Hankyoreh was inaugurated on May 15, 1988.
The Hankyoreh is a progressive
newspaper, decisively committed to journalistic freedom, democracy, peaceful
coexistence and national reconciliation between South and North Korea, which
were divided by external forces after World War II. The Hankyoreh is
unrelenting but fair in coverage. It does not negate the philosophy of the free
market economy, individual liberty and personal freedom. But it accepts that
the more detrimental effects of an unbridled market economy should be regulated
by various means.
Its distinct feature is
its unique ownership. Unlike most traditional Korean newspapers, under the
ownership of a family or business conglomerate, the Hankyoreh is owned by about
62,000 shareholders who joined the original drive for the paper's inception.
They are from all walks of life in Korea, ranging from teachers to university
students to housewives. Even though their backgrounds are different, they have
one value in common: a desire for a genuinely independent newspaper and for
full-fledged democracy in Korea.
參考:
1. 原文載於明報星期日生活 (韓江雪)
2.
鄒崇銘、黃英琦、阮耀啟 (2014)，共享城巿：從社會企業、公平貿易、良心消費到共享經濟，香港：基道出版社。
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