2014

December

• Named a “transparent” institution in the Public Institution Integrity Evaluation 2014.

September

• Launched the Future Innovation Committee.
• Declared the Disaster Reporting Principles of news media associations

August

• Launched the Disaster Safety Control Group.

June

• Provided support for the psychotherapy of journalists covering the Sewol-ho tragedy.

April

• Signed MOUs with 17 education offices on NIE programs.
• Provided NIE program (“Newspapers for Dreams” to 80 schools with free semesters.

February

• Organization reform: launched the Public Relations and New Business Development Teams.

January

• Provided NIE infrastructure for free semesters and won the Minister Award.
• Held the Business Plan Briefing 2014.

2013

December

• Kim Byung-ho inaugurated as new chairman.

June

• Received A-grade for the head of management and B-grade overall in the Public Institution Management Evaluation.

March

• Named one of the top public institutions in the Ministry of Gender Equality’s Family Friendliness Index Survey 2012.

2012

November

• Named by Statistics Korea as a Statistics-Keeping Institute.

September

• Ranked No. 1 in the Copyright Trust Management Institutions Evaluation.

August

• Certified by the Ministry of Education as an Education Contribution Institution (NIE).

May

• Won the Presidential Award on the 1st Day of Voters.

January

• Completed the construction of the Public Newspaper Distribution Center.

2011

December

• Developed the Government Advertising Media Operating System (GAMOS).

October

• Organized the National NIE Competition 2011.

April

• Launched the Newspaper Reading Blog and twitter "Dadoc Dadoc"

2010

November

• Launched the Digital News Distribution System Service using cloud computing.

September

• Launched FORME, a media education search engine and database.

March

• Served as the secretariat for the Intensive Public Opinion Survey Commission.

February

• Established as the Korea Press Foundation, merging the previous Korea Press Foundation, the Korea Commission for the Press, and the Korean Newspaper Circulation Service.

January

• Lee Sung-jun inaugurated as inaugural chairman of the KPF.

2009

December

• Establishment of the KPF registered.
• Previous Korea Press Foundation, the Korea Commission for the Press, and the Korean Newspaper Circulation Service all dissolved.

November

• National Media Education Teacher Competition held.

August

• KPF Establishment Promotion Group assembled.

July

• Act on the Promotion of Newspapers, Etc. (“Newspaper Act”) completely amended.

2008

March

• Launched “Media Gaon,” media information portal site.

2007

June

• Began to publish The Korea Journalism Review.

2006

October

• Launched the Digital News Copyright Program.

2005

November

• Korean Newspaper Circulation Service established.

October

• Korea Commission for the Press established.

2004

September

• Launched the Local Press Commission projects.

2002

September

• Began to serve as an agency of court real estate bid announcements.

1999

January

• Korea Press Foundation established, merging the Korea Press Center, the Korea Press Institute, and the Korea Journalists Fund.

1998

December

• KPF Inauguration General Assembly held to officially merge the three previously separate organizations, i.e., the Korea Press Center, the Korea Press Institute, and the Korea Journalists Fund.

1994

April

• Held seminars and published a special collection in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first issue of Newspapers and Broadcasting (Korea Press Institute).

1992

January

• Began serving as an agency of government advertisements (Korea Press Center).

1991

October

• KINDS won the Korea Newspaper Award (Korea Press Institute).
• KINDS launched into service for all journalists nationwide.

1989

May

• Korea Press Center (PR magazine) published (Korea Press Center).

1985

April

• Korea Press Center opened, along with Members’ Club and Press Club.

1984

November

• Korea Newspaper Center expanded and reorganized into Korea Press Center.

1983

November

• “Research Report on the Legibility of Newspaper Prints” won the Korea Newspaper Award
  (Korea Press Institute).

1981

June

• Korea Newspaper Research Institute expanded and reorganized into the Korea Press Research Institute.

1974

December

• Korea Press Fund established.

1964

April

• Korea Newspaper Research Institute established.

1962

May

• Korea Newspaper Center established.