Cho Gab-je

South Korean journalist (born 1945)

Cho Gab-je
Hangul	조갑제
Hanja	趙甲濟
Revised Romanization	Jo Gap(-)je
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Kapche

Cho Gab-je (Korean: 조갑제; born, 24 October 1945) is a conservative South Korean journalist and entrepreneur. He was born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan in 1945 and raised in Busan, South Korea. Jo served as the chief editor and president of the Monthly Chosun. He authored several books including Spit On My Grave, a biography of the former president, Park Chung Hee, that was originally published serially in the Monthly Chosun.^[1]

Cho is a significant investigative journalist, but has become increasingly controversial over time. He is considered by others and self-professes to often making inflammatory and far-right remarks.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Awards

1974, the 7th Korean Journalist Award - Traces of heavy metal pollution^[1]
1990, Magazine Writer Award
1991, the 4th Asia-Pacific Special Award
1994, Kwan Hoon club Journalist Award

References

^ ^a ^b Han, Gi-hong (한기홍) (2008-06-26). (인물연구) 전 월간조선 대표 조갑제 (in Korean). Naver / Kyunghyang Sinmun.
^ "[인물연구]전 월간조선 대표 조갑제". Naver News (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-02-01.
^ 홍, 상현 (2020-05-29). "친일파 파묘·KAL기 폭파·10.26, "내 무덤에 침 뱉어라"". 투데이신문 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-02-01.
^ 유, 인경 (2008-04-10). "반골기자에서 극우논객으로 '비판의 펜' 조갑제". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-02-01.