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    <description>North Korea</description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 06:42:57 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Signs of change in North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2012/05/18/signs_of_change/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ has found that cracks in the North's information wall are beginning to appear.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - A leading press freedom predator dies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2011/12/22/press_freedom_predator/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The death of Kim Jong-il turns attention to his declared successor, Kim Jong-un, whose policies on basic freedoms remain unknown.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2011/12/22/press_freedom_predator/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - RSF surveys increasing clandestine news networks and info-sharing tactics]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2011/10/19/clandestine_news_networks/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2011/10/19/clandestine_news_networks/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - RSF releases report on freedom of information under Kim Jong-il regime]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2011/10/13/freedom_of_information/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Foreign radio stations continue to be the main source of independent information for the population. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2011/10/13/freedom_of_information/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Panel participants highlight challenges of reporting on closed society]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2011/09/28/covering_closed_society/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2011/09/28/covering_closed_society/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Many journalists still held in prison camps]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2010/09/22/prison_camp/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2010/09/22/prison_camp/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - North Korean journalist wins human rights award]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/11/11/north_korean_award/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy is honouring exiled North Korean journalist Kim Seong-Min with its 2009 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award. Seong-Min is the founder and director of Free North Korea Radio and is being recognised for his "courageous defiance" of the North Korean regime.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:31:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/11/11/north_korean_award/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - RSF calls for greater support for exiled journalists as director of Free North Korea Radio wins award]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/11/10/taiwan_foundation_award/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy said Kim Seong-Min was being awarded the prize for his "courageous defiance" of the North Korean regime.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:24:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/11/10/taiwan_foundation_award/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Bill Clinton returns to U.S. with pardoned journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/08/12/ling_lee_pardoned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX members the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Press Institute (IPI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomed last week's release of U.S. journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who were jailed since March in North Korea. Following rare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong-il, who pardoned the women, former U.S. President Bill Clinton brought the journalists home on 5 August.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/08/12/ling_lee_pardoned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Kim Jong-il orders release of U.S. journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/08/04/ling_and_lee_pardoned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:11:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/08/04/ling_and_lee_pardoned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Government should grant amnesty to Ling and Lee, says CPJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/07/20/amnesty_request/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[North Korea should grant amnesty to U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have now been jailed four months, CPJ said. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/07/20/amnesty_request/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - U.S. journalists sentenced to 12 years hard labour]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/06/10/ling_lee_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labour in North Korea after a closed-door trial from 4 to 8 June, report the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the International Press Institute (IPI) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/06/10/ling_lee_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling sentenced to 12 years of hard labour]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/06/08/journalists_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/06/08/journalists_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Forty IFEX members appeal for diplomatic support in detained journalists' case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/06/03/ja_gm/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/06/03/ja_gm/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Families of journalists Ling, Lee urge talks to resolve detentions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/06/02/families_urge_talks/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/06/02/families_urge_talks/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - North Korea will try American journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/04/28/north_korea_will_try_american_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:24:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/04/28/north_korea_will_try_american_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Two US journalists could face up to 10 years in labour camp if convicted of "illegal entry" and perpetrating "hostile acts"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/04/02/two_us_journalists_could_face_up/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 1 April 2009 IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:12:40 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/04/02/two_us_journalists_could_face_up/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[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]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/03/30/american_cameraman_mitch_koss_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/03/30/american_cameraman_mitch_koss_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - U.S. journalists Laura Ling, Euna Lee and local guide reportedly detained by North Korean border guards]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/03/19/u_s_journalists_laura_ling_euna/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:57:50 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/03/19/u_s_journalists_laura_ling_euna/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - World Report 2009: North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/01/22/world_report_2009_north_korea/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:46:27 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2009/01/22/world_report_2009_north_korea/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - No information on army colonel arrested more than two years ago for filming execution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2008/12/18/no_information_on_army_colonel/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:18:20 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2008/12/18/no_information_on_army_colonel/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Annual Report 2008: North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2008/04/16/annual_report_2008_north_korea/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:41:36 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2008/04/16/annual_report_2008_north_korea/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - World Report 2008: North Korea ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2008/04/03/world_report_2008_north_korea/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:19:28 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2008/04/03/world_report_2008_north_korea/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Freedom of the Press 2007: North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2008/03/26/freedom_of_the_press_2007_north/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:13:41 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2008/03/26/freedom_of_the_press_2007_north/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Regime jams foreign-based radio stations again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2007/05/23/regime_jams_foreign_based_radio/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 10:02:47 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2007/05/23/regime_jams_foreign_based_radio/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Pyongyang threatens independent radio stations run by exiles]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2006/10/18/pyongyang_threatens_independent/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:04:34 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2006/10/18/pyongyang_threatens_independent/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[South Korea - South Korean authorities block access to about 30 North Korean propaganda websites]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/south_korea/2004/11/26/south_korean_authorities_block/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:09:57 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/south_korea/2004/11/26/south_korean_authorities_block/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - NORTH KOREA RANKED WORLD'S WORST COUNTRY FOR JOURNALISTS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2004/10/27/north_korea_ranked_world_s_worst/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It is no accident that Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) has ranked North Korea as the world's worst country for journalists for the past three years. In a country whose leaders believe the duty of all journalists is to publicise the "greatness" of President Kim Jong-il and demonstrate the "superiority of North Korean socialism," independent reporting is virtually non-existent.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:46:45 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2004/10/27/north_korea_ranked_world_s_worst/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - RSF fact-finding mission issues press freedom survey]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2004/10/26/rsf_fact_finding_mission_issues/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - The following is a 22 October 2004 RSF statement:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:57:08 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2004/10/26/rsf_fact_finding_mission_issues/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - RSF urges authorities to allow international news media to report from Ryongchon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2004/04/27/rsf_urges_authorities_to_allow/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:30:45 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2004/04/27/rsf_urges_authorities_to_allow/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - State radio threatens to "blow up" South Korean newspaper "Chosun Ilbo"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2000/07/13/state_radio_threatens_to_blow_up/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2000 22:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2000/07/13/state_radio_threatens_to_blow_up/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Journalist prevented from entering North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2000/06/29/journalist_prevented_from_entering/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2000/06/29/journalist_prevented_from_entering/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea - Journalist prevented from entering North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2000/06/28/journalist_prevented_from_entering/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2000 22:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/north_korea/2000/06/28/journalist_prevented_from_entering/</guid>
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