Three Korean business dailies publish daily fortune columns dated Oct 5
In short
Maeil Business, Chosun Ilbo and Korea Economic Daily each published a daily fortune column dated October 5, 2026, the 25th day of the eighth lunar month. Chosun Ilbo's feature, carried since 2017 and written by Han So-pyeong of Geumo Sanbang, gives readings by zodiac animal and by age and appears every morning. Korea Economic Daily's page also carried earlier zodiac entries, including one for people born in the year of the rat in 1948.
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Three South Korean business dailies published daily fortune features dated October 5, 2026, the 25th day of the eighth lunar month. Maeil Business posted its column on the afternoon of October 4, Chosun Ilbo posted its edition for Monday, October 5 at 17:00 on October 4, and Korea Economic Daily published its zodiac-by-zodiac reading at midnight on October 5. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Chosun Ilbo's summary says the column has run since 2017 and is written by Han So-pyeong of Geumo Sanbang, described as the chief priest of that name, who sets out fortunes by zodiac animal and by age; the outlet says it delivers them every morning. Korea Economic Daily's article text lists earlier fortune pages dated September 26, 27 and 28, 2026, including an entry for people born in the year of the rat in 1948, without explaining why those dates appear on a page titled for October 5. Maeil Business's column carries only a title and date in the material available. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Why it matters
The columns show that daily fortune features remain a standing item on the sites of South Korea's largest business dailies, aimed at domestic readers. Nothing in the documents indicates an effect beyond routine readership.
Key facts
- Maeil Business published a daily fortune column dated October 5, 2026, the 25th day of the eighth lunar month. [ 1 ]
- Chosun Ilbo published its “Today's Fortune” for Monday, October 5, the 25th day of the eighth lunar month. [ 2 ]
- Chosun Ilbo says its fortune column has run since 2017 and is written by Han So-pyeong of Geumo Sanbang, covering fortunes by zodiac animal and by age and delivered each morning. [ 2 ]
- Korea Economic Daily published a zodiac-by-zodiac fortune reading dated October 5. [ 3 ]
- Korea Economic Daily's article text also lists fortune pages for September 26, 27 and 28, 2026, including an entry for people born in the year of the rat in 1948. [ 3 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- What Maeil Business's October 5 column contained. Document 1 carries only a title, with no summary or article text, so its content cannot be described.
- Why Korea Economic Daily's article text refers to fortune pages for September 26 to 28 rather than October 5. Document 3's body text lists earlier dates that do not match its own title, and gives no explanation.
- Whether the three outlets' columns are the same reading or separate ones. Each document describes only its own outlet's feature; no document compares them.