Committee to Protect Journalists - South Korea

Attacks on the Press 2009: Asia Developments

2010-02-16T05:02:30Z

CPJ concerned by South Korean pressure on media

2009-05-07T21:21:01Z

Dear President Lee: The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by your administration's increasing pressure on the Republic of Korea's media. The arrest on April 28 of four staff members with your country's second-largest broadcaster, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), is only the most recent step in what appears to be a broader effort to stifle independent reporting critical of government policies.

South Korean blogger acquitted

2009-04-23T21:28:02Z

Park Dae-sung, who blogs under the name Minerva, was acquitted of charges in South Korea on April 20, 2009, under a rarely used law of "spreading false information with the intent of harming the public interest." The Seoul court that heard his case ruled that Park wrote without malicious intent, even if his articles were misleading his articles.

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Asia Developments

2009-02-10T05:49:00Z

Blogger arrested for posting financial predictions

2009-01-29T20:56:12Z

New York, January 29, 2009--A South Korean blogger in custody since January 7, charged with spreading false information online, should be set free, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

South Korean journalist ordered home from Iraq

2008-08-15T16:00:00Z

Hong Kong, August 15, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned that the government of South Korea ordered home documentary filmmaker Kim Young Me from Iraq, where she was on assignment.

Attacks on the Press 2006: Countries That Have Jailed Journalists

2007-02-05T16:57:00Z

ALGERIA: 2

Djamel Eddine Fahassi, Alger Chaîne III
IMPRISONED: May 6, 1995

Fahassi, a reporter for the state-run radio station Alger Chaîne III and a contributor to several Algerian newspapers, including the now-banned weekly of the Islamic Salvation Front, Al-Forqane, was abducted near his home in the al-Harrache suburb of the capital, Algiers, by four well-dressed men carrying walkie-talkies. According to eyewitnesses who later spoke with his wife, the men called out Fahassi's name and then pushed him into a waiting car. He has not been seen since, and Algerian authorities have denied any knowledge of his arrest.

Attacks on the Press 2006: Countries That Have Jailed Journalists

2007-02-05T15:56:40Z

Attacks on the Press 2005: Countries That Have Jailed Journalists (Follow Links for More Details)

2006-02-16T16:59:55Z

AFGHANISTAN: 1

Ali Mohaqqiq Nasab, Haqooq-i-Zan (Women's Rights)
Imprisoned: October 1, 2005

The attorney general ordered editor Nasab's arrest on blasphemy charges after the religious adviser to President Hamid Karzai, Mohaiuddin Baluch, filed a complaint about his magazine. "I took the two magazines and spoke to the Supreme Court chief, who wrote to the attorney general to investigate," Baluch told The Associated Press.

SOUTH KOREA

2005-11-05T17:00:00Z

NOVEMBER 15, 2005
Posted: December 2, 2005

New Tang Dynasty TV
HARASSED

Chang Sik Lee and Choi Seon Hee, reporters for New Tang Dynasty TV station, a New York-based independent Chinese television station, were banned from the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) meeting in Busan, South Korea, according to news reports. Organizers said the reporters had broken rules for the conference.

Attacks on the Press 2004: Asia Analysis

2005-03-14T16:55:00Z

Overview
by Abi Wright

Threats to press freedom spiked throughout Asia in 2004, even as the news media claimed significant accomplishments. Across the region, 2004 was an election year, with citizens casting ballots in nations such as Afghanistan, whose landmark vote was peaceful and orderly, and India, where more than 370 million went to the polls. Informing voters and guarding against abuses, the press was credited with playing key roles in these and other elections.

Attacks on the Press 2004: North Korea

2005-03-14T16:18:10Z

North Korea

While foreign analysts kept guessing at the state of nuclear development in North Korea, one thing remained certain in 2004: There is no free press in the country, only government outlets that voice the pronouncements of Kim Jong Il's authoritarian regime.

Attacks on the Press 2004: South Korea

2005-03-14T16:10:30Z

South Korea

Innovative news coverage on the Internet added fresh viewpoints to the South Korean media, but the ruling Uri Party's proposal for newspaper reform caused concern in 2004.

The active and varied media, while politically divided, avidly covered political scandals, including the messy impeachment of President Roh Moo Hyun in March. While local television news stations reported scuffles in the National Assembly in which legislators threw punches—and shoes—at each other, a legion of "citizen reporters" recruited by the upstart Internet news site OhmyNews.com covered tense demonstrations against the impeachment. Meanwhile, the country's three largest newspapers—the conservative dailies Dong-A Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo, and Chosun Ilbo—kept up a steady stream of editorial vitriol against the president.

CPJ Update

2004-04-16T04:00:00Z

CPJ Update
April 16, 2004
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Attacks on the Press 2003: North Korea

2004-03-11T17:02:55Z

North Korea's goal in a global nuclear crisis put the country on the front page of international papers throughout 2003. But the regime's absolute control over news and information ensured that the world continued to know little about what happened inside the country's tightly fortified borders.