<Tr> <Td> 1861 </Td> <Td> Otago Daily Times </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Dunedin </Td> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> New Zealand's 2nd oldest surviving daily newspaper . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1891 </Td> <Td> Lloyd's List Australia </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Sydney </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> The oldest continuously published national newspaper in Australia . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Newspaper </Th> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> Place </Th> <Th> Country / Region </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1577 </Td> <Td> Jobo </Td> <Td> Korean </Td> <Td> Seoul </Td> <Td> Korea </Td> <Td> World's first daily newspaper </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1806 </Td> <Td> The Prince of Wales Island Gazette </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Penang </Td> <Td> British Malaya </Td> <Td> First newspaper in Southeast Asia; last issue rolled off the press on 7 July 1827; weekly edition survived until January 1830 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1845 </Td> <Td> The China Mail </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Victoria City </Td> <Td> Hong Kong </Td> <Td> The first newspaper published in the crown colony and the longest - lived of any Hong Kong newspaper . Published until 1974 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1845 </Td> <Td> The Straits Times </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Singapore </Td> <Td> Straits Settlements </Td> <Td> Split into The Straits Times (based in Singapore) and The New Straits Times (based in Kuala Lumpur) after Singapore's separation from Malaysia in 1965 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1850 </Td> <Td> North China Herald (North China Daily News) </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Shanghai </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> A weekly newspaper at first, it began daily publication in 1864 under the new name North China Daily News . Ceased publication in 1951 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1853 </Td> <Td> Chinese serial </Td> <Td> Chinese </Td> <Td> Victoria City </Td> <Td> Hong Kong </Td> <Td> First Chinese - language newspaper in the crown colony . Ceased publication in 1856 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1858 </Td> <Td> Royal Thai Government Gazette </Td> <Td> Thai </Td> <Td> Dusit, Bangkok </Td> <Td> Siam </Td> <Td> Country's first newspaper </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1861 </Td> <Td> Nagasaki Shipping List and Advertiser </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Nagasaki </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> Country's first newspaper </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1862 </Td> <Td> Kwanpan Batavia Shinbun </Td> <Td> Japanese </Td> <Td> Tokyo </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> First Japanese - language newspaper . A month - by - month government translation of the Dutch Javasche Courant . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1868 </Td> <Td> Chugai Shinbun </Td> <Td> Japanese </Td> <Td> Tokyo </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> First Japanese - language newspaper with original reporting . Ceased with publisher's death in 1869 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1870 </Td> <Td> Yokohama Mainichi Shinbun </Td> <Td> Japanese </Td> <Td> Yokohama </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> First daily Japanese - language newspaper . Closed in 1940 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1872 </Td> <Td> Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun </Td> <Td> Japanese </Td> <Td> Tokyo </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> Merged with Mainichi Shimbun which is still published </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1881 </Td> <Td> Chosen shinpo </Td> <Td> Japanese </Td> <Td> Pusan </Td> <Td> Korea </Td> <Td> Korea's first newspaper, but published in Japanese . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1883 (1886) </Td> <Td> Hanseong sunbo (Hanseong Jubo) </Td> <Td> Chinese, Korean </Td> <Td> Seoul </Td> <Td> Korea </Td> <Td> First Korean - language newspaper . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1895 </Td> <Td> Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpō </Td> <Td> Japanese </Td> <Td> Taihoku </Td> <Td> Japanese Taiwan </Td> <Td> First newspaper in Taiwan . Called Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpo in most of the Japanese ruling period . Still published as Taiwan Shin Sheng Daily News . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Newspaper </Th> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> Place </Th> <Th> Country / Region </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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