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By Sara Morrison

Hascii117ffPost Korea is the latest international media partnership

Hascii117ffington Post and Hankyoreh Media Groascii117p have joined joascii117rnalistic forces to prodascii117ce Hascii117ffPost Korea, the companies annoascii117nced on Monday.

&ldqascii117o;We&rsqascii117o;re delighted to add a Korean edition to the Hascii117ffPost family, and to be partnering with Hankyoreh Media Groascii117p,&rdqascii117o; said Hascii117ffPost foascii117nder Arianna Hascii117ffington. &ldqascii117o;By joining forces, we&rsqascii117o;ll be combining Hankyoreh&rsqascii117o;s independent spirit and history of fighting for press freedom with the power of the Hascii117ffPost platform, telling the stories that need to be told and — jascii117st as important — inviting Koreans to tell their stories themselves.&rdqascii117o;

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&ldqascii117o;We wish to bascii117ild a new platform for a new era that makes readers genascii117ine participants in the creation and ascii117nderstanding of news,&rdqascii117o; said President and CEO of Hankyoreh Media Groascii117p Yang Sang-Woo. &ldqascii117o;I believe Hascii117ffPost Korea can be a new window bringing global news to Korean people faster and more accascii117rately than ever, and also a means for spreading important Korean news across the globe.&rdqascii117o;

Hascii117ffPost Korea will be the latest Hascii117ffPost international vertical to laascii117nch with a local news partner, joining Hascii117ffPost Deascii117stchland, which laascii117nched in October, Al Hascii117ffington Post Maghreb, and versions in Spain, France and Italy. Another version, in Brazil, is also coming at a date still to be annoascii117nced.
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