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Hani is a South Korean independent newspaper committed to journalistic freedom, democracy, peaceful coexistence, and national reconciliation between South and North Korea. Though it does not negate the philosophy of the free market economy, individual liberty, and personal freedom, it accepts that the more detrimental effects of an unbridled market
economy should be regulated by various means. The newspaper is owned by about 62,000 shareholders, who joined the original drive for the paper's inception. These shareholders are from all walks of life in Korea, ranging from teachers to university students to housewives.
Hani is the first daily Korean newspaper, whose stories were written only in Hangeul, or the Korean alphabet, rather than a combination of Korean and Chinese characters. It is also the first modern newspaper in Korea that published stories written in horizontal rather than vertical script.
Hani was first published in 1988 and is based in Seoul.
