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North Korea
From the Communiqué
19 October 2011
RSF surveys increasing clandestine news networks and info-sharing tactics
An ever-porous information border around North Korea has allowed Reporters Without Borders (RSF) to put together a comprehensive report on the media situation in the world's most repressive dictatorship.
22 September 2010
Many journalists still held in prison camps
A former North Korean political prisoner has told Reporters Without Borders (RSF) that two North Korean journalists died in a prison camp in the north-eastern part of the county in 2001. Several journalists continue to be held in harsh conditions in these camps.See all articles: North Korea
Campaigns and Advocacy
28 September 2011
Panel participants highlight challenges of reporting on closed society
In a discussion at the IPI's World Congress, three journalists each provided different explanations of the same event, showing how information from North Korea is often tangential and unverifiable, and how difficult it is to find out what is actually going on.
10 November 2009
RSF calls for greater support for exiled journalists as director of Free North Korea Radio wins award
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy said Kim Seong-Min was being awarded the prize for his "courageous defiance" of the North Korean regime.
3 June 2009
Forty IFEX members appeal for diplomatic support in detained journalists' case
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty IFEX members signed on to a letter calling on the international community to press for the release of journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
Reports
22 January 2009
World Report 2009: North Korea 
16 April 2008
Annual Report 2008: North Korea
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Alerts
A leading press freedom predator dies 22 December 2011
Kim Jong-il orders release of U.S. journalists
4 August 2009
Government should grant amnesty to Ling and Lee, says CPJ
20 July 2009
Journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling sentenced to 12 years of hard labour
8 June 2009
Families of journalists Ling, Lee urge talks to resolve detentions
2 June 2009
North Korea will try American journalists
28 April 2009
Two US journalists could face up to 10 years in labour camp if convicted of "illegal entry" and perpetrating "hostile acts"
2 April 2009
American cameraman Mitch Koss released; RSF and the International Women's Media Foundation launch joint petition calling for the release of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee
30 March 2009
U.S. journalists Laura Ling, Euna Lee and local guide reportedly detained by North Korean border guards
19 March 2009
No information on army colonel arrested more than two years ago for filming execution
18 December 2008
Regime jams foreign-based radio stations again
23 May 2007
Pyongyang threatens independent radio stations run by exiles
18 October 2006
South Korean authorities block access to about 30 North Korean propaganda websites
26 November 2004
RSF fact-finding mission issues press freedom survey
26 October 2004
RSF urges authorities to allow international news media to report from Ryongchon
27 April 2004
State radio threatens to "blow up" South Korean newspaper "Chosun Ilbo"
13 July 2000
Journalist prevented from entering North Korea
29 June 2000
Journalist prevented from entering North Korea
28 June 2000
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