Hankyoreh was brought into being through Koreans' sincere and long-standing desire to achieve democracy and a democratic press in their country. All employees of Hankyoreh must always bear in mind that we are a newspaper of the people, created by the people, and that the aim of our journalism is to express and realize the will of the people. Our historic task is to help democratize Korean society, overcome the division of the peninsula, hasten the independent and peaceful unification of our people and secure and advance our people’s right to life. We believe that carrying out this mission requires the press to play its proper roles of healthy criticism and truthful reporting, and demands that individual journalists engage in moral decision-making and practice in line with their responsibility to society. As such, all employees of Hankyoreh must commit to abiding by this code of ethics as they put democratic theory into practice and maintain a stance appropriate for journalists.

Hankyoreh strives to regularly revise its reporting guidelines such as by creating separate guidelines for reporting on gender issues to increase reader trust.

If you have an opinion to share or are unhappy about inaccurate information in a Hankyoreh article, you can send an email to publiceditor@hani.co.kr or call us at 02-710-0698. Our public editor and our Readers' Rights Committee will speak and act on your behalf. As we strive to better serve our readers, we ask for your continuing interest and support.