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339 journalists in South Korea (September 2026)

339 journalists are on file in South Korea, 0.3% of the 127,602 on file. 192 are reporters and 100 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

339 Journalists on file
192 Reporters
100 Editors
0.52 Editors per reporter

South Korea has 0.52 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in South Korea
Reporters 192 56.6%
Editors 100 29.5%
Correspondents 25 7.4%
Anchors and presenters 8 2.4%
Other editorial 6 1.8%
Columnists 4 1.2%
News producers 3 0.9%
Critics and reviewers 1 0.3%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

130 of the 339 journalists on file in South Korea carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Economics 44 33.8%
Business 14 10.8%
Foreign affairs 12 9.2%
Finance and markets 11 8.5%
Fashion 7 5.4%
Politics 5 3.8%
Entertainment 5 3.8%
Culture and arts 5 3.8%
Health 4 3.1%
Technology 4 3.1%
Sports 3 2.3%
Food 3 2.3%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in South Korea

OutletTypeJournalists in South KoreaAll journalists on file
KBS Broadcasters 51 74
The Korea Economic Daily Newspapers 41 55
중앙일보 Joongang Ilbo Newspapers 36 43
Jtbc Broadcasters 30 45
The New York Times Newspapers 23 2,168
The Dong-A Ilbo 동아일보 Newspapers 19 24
The Korea Times Newspapers 12 31
Bloomberg Online outlets 9 1,785
SBS Seoul Broadcasting System Broadcasters 9 12
Reuters Wire agencies 7 710
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 6 1,535
AFP Wire agencies 6 865
Financial News Newspapers 5 18
Tappytoon 태피툰 Online outlets 5 5
NK News Online outlets 5 7
ABC News Broadcasters 3 669
Korea Educational Broadcasting System Broadcasters 3 5
Mbc Network Broadcasters 3 50
Thenews.Asia Korea Online outlets 3 3
Esquire Magazine Magazines 3 70

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in South Korea, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Cite this

JournalistLabs, 339 journalists in South Korea, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/south-korea/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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