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A new nuclide 238Th has been produced via multinucleon transferreaction by 60 MeV/u 18O ion irradiation of the natural uranium.The thorium wasradiochemically separated from the mixture of uranium and reaction products.Theactivity of thorium was measured by using an HPGe detector and a planar HPGedetector. The 238Th has been identified for the first time by measuringthe growth and decay of the γ-rays from its daughter 238Pa. Thehalf-life of 238Th was determined tobe 9.4±2.0 min. In addition, a new γ-ray of 89.0±0.3 keVwith T1/2=8.9±1.5 min wasfound in the γ spectrum gated with X-rays of Pa and assigned to238Th β- decay basedon measurements of transition energy and half life.