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Alerts - North Korea

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North Korea

Signs of change

CPJ has found that cracks in the North's information wall are beginning to appear.

North Korea

A leading press freedom predator dies

The death of Kim Jong-il turns attention to his declared successor, Kim Jong-un, whose policies on basic freedoms remain unknown.

North Korea

Kim Jong-il orders release of U.S. journalists

CPJ welcomes media reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pardoned and ordered the release of imprisoned journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee.

North Korea

Government should grant amnesty to Ling and Lee, says CPJ

North Korea should grant amnesty to U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have now been jailed four months, CPJ said.

North Korea

Journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling sentenced to 12 years of hard labour

The Central Court of the DPRK found the two San Francisco-based Current TV journalists guilty of entering the country illegally and carrying out "hostile acts" on March 17.

North Korea

Families of journalists Ling, Lee urge talks to resolve detentions

CPJ calls on all parties to pursue diplomatic efforts to gain the release of detained U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who are facing trial in North Korea this week.

North Korea

North Korea will try American journalists

(CPJ/IFEX) - New York, April 24, 2009 - The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern today after North Korea announced that it would try American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee on unspecified criminal charges, according to international news reports.

North Korea

Two US journalists could face up to 10 years in labour camp if convicted of "illegal entry" and perpetrating "hostile acts"

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 1 April 2009 IFJ media release:

North Korea

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

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders and the International Women's Media Foundation (http:// www.iwmf.org ) have launched a joint petition calling for the immediate and unconditional release of reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have now been held in North Korea for an entire week.

North Korea

U.S. journalists Laura Ling, Euna Lee and local guide reportedly detained by North Korean border guards

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:

North Korea

No information on army colonel arrested more than two years ago for filming execution

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders calls on the North Korean authorities to release information about the fate of Col. Kim Sung Chul, an army officer who has been held since October 2006 when he was identified as the person who clandestinely filmed the video of a public execution that was shown on Japan's Asahi TV.

North Korea

Regime jams foreign-based radio stations again

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has deplored the North Korean government's resumption on 11 May 2007 of its jamming of independent and dissident radio stations broadcasting in Korean from outside the country and called on the South Korean government and the international community to defend their right to broadcast freely.

North Korea

Pyongyang threatens independent radio stations run by exiles

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has condemned threats by North Korea's officials against the independent radio stations based in South Korea or the United States that broadcast programmes for the North Korean population.

South Korea / North Korea

South Korean authorities block access to about 30 North Korean propaganda websites

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has criticised South Korea for blocking access to about 30 North Korean propaganda websites. The organisation appealed for the week-old ban to be lifted in the name of free expression. But RSF called strong North Korean protests against the move hypocritical, since the Pyongyang regime forbids ordinary people from using the Internet at all.

North Korea

RSF fact-finding mission issues press freedom survey

(RSF/IFEX) - The following is a 22 October 2004 RSF statement:

North Korea

RSF urges authorities to allow international news media to report from Ryongchon

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF is disturbed by the North Korean authorities' refusal to allow journalists to report from the scene of the explosion of two trains at the train station in Ryongchon.

North Korea

State radio threatens to "blow up" South Korean newspaper "Chosun Ilbo"

North Korea

Journalist prevented from entering North Korea

North Korea

Journalist prevented from entering North Korea