The Daikan Nippō was published by individuals such as Giichirō Yoshizawa, Kazuo Hagitani, and Seisaku Sakamoto in Incheon in March 1904. They later transferred the headquarters to Keijō (today's Seoul) on December 10 of that year. Initially, the newspaper positioned itself as pro-Japanese government policies in Korea and rivaled against the Daikan Mainichi Shinpō. However, it voiced against the Resident General Office of Korea after the Japanese annexation of Korea. The newspaper was renamed to the Chōsen Nippō in April 1910 and sold to the Resident General Office in September of that year.

『大韓日報』は吉沢儀一郎、萩谷籌夫、坂本政作などが1904年3月に創刊した。当初は、仁川に本社を構えたが、同年の12月10日に京城（現在のソウル）に本拠を移転した。当初は日本政府の対韓国政策を支持、ライバル紙、『大韓毎日申報』と対抗したが、日本による韓国施併合後は総監府と対立した。1910年4月に『朝鮮日報』に改題、同年9月には総監府に売却された。