Newsprint supply delivery, c. 1950-1959
Busan, Republic of Korea

In the early 1950s, The Asia Foundation, a non-profit international development organization, provided crucial support for Asian publishers, distributing newsprint to newly independent countries such as Burma, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the Republic of Korea, where the paper was used for textbooks. To this day, the foundation helps to build printing presses in many Asian countries.

The Asia Foundation