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Rh The following table adapted from an official report shows the newspapers confiscated in 1908 and 1909.


 * Compiled from Residency-General's Office (Japan), Annual Report on Reforms and Progress in Korea (1908-1909), (1909-1910) and (1910-1911).

Interestingly, in 1908 and 1909 all the Korean language newspapers confiscated, except the Taehan Maeil Simbo, were published by Koreans abroad and seem to have been smuggled into the peninsula. The native- owned newspapers in Korea may not have given any reason for confiscation though there were altogether seven Korean daily newspapers as reported by the Japanese authorities in 1909. The Taehan Maeil Simbo, owned by Bethell, presented a difficult problem to the Japanese authorities, despite the fact that the press law of July 24, 1907, was amended in April, 1908, to bring its case under control.

As a citizen of a Japanese ally, Bethell enjoyed extraterritorial rights