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Campaigns and Advocacy

5 October 2010

Asia-Pacific media unions demand resolution of Korea press freedom crisis

Five IFEX members and numerous other organisations are gravely concerned for journalists who have been fired and subjected to punitive disciplinary measures due to their courageous struggle for media independence.



From the Communiqué

22 April 2009

Financial blogger acquitted of spreading false news

A South Korean blogger has been acquitted of spreading false news on the Internet, reports Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
4 February 2009

BLOGGER WHO PREDICTED GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ARRESTED

A financial blogger who predicted the global economic crisis in his blog has been arrested for spreading rumours, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and news reports.
10 September 2008

SOUTH KOREA: GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO RESTRICT INTERNET

The South Korean government is planning a series of restrictions on Internet use to prevent what the beleaguered administration of President Lee Myung Bak calls the spread of false information that prompts social unrest, reports the "International Herald Tribune".

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Reports

8 January 2009

SPEAKING OUT FOR FREE EXPRESSION 1987-2007 AND BEYOND: South Korea

26 March 2008

Freedom of the Press 2007: South Korea




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Alerts

Trial of MBC producers on defamation charges is an "act of revenge", says RSF 14 September 2009 CPJ concerned by pressure on media 8 May 2009 Court acquits blogger known as "Minerva" 23 April 2009 Journalists' union leader released as deal reached at troubled TV news station 6 April 2009 Journalists' union chairman Jong-Myun Roh held without charge; three union members released 31 March 2009 Journalist Chun Kaun Lee arrested, detained following government complaint 26 March 2009 Four state television journalists held in Seoul police station 23 March 2009 Blogger Park Dae-sung arrested for posting financial predictions 29 January 2009 Government interference at TV station leads to firings, suspensions of employees 14 October 2008 Government orders documentary filmmaker home from Iraq; CPJ condemns "onerous" travel restrictions on journalists 15 August 2008 IFJ condemns political interference in management of major broadcast media, government action against critical television programme 5 August 2008 Harassment campaign targets three main newspapers, seeks to influence editorial policies 26 June 2008 IPI welcomes president's commitment to improved media environment 30 April 2008 New press passes limit journalists' free access to government buildings, says IPI 20 November 2007 Government cuts Internet connections in press rooms to force reporters into new briefing centres; IPI board member protests press freedom restrictions 23 October 2007 IPI worried that government's media measures seriously damage press freedom 27 August 2007 Closure of press rooms "an explicit attempt to restrict journalists' access to important government sources", says IFJ 24 July 2007 Proposed "media support" measures will restrict free flow of information, says IPI 26 June 2007 Allow media greater access to public institutions, demands IPI 31 May 2007 Riot police club journalists covering protest 14 March 2007 Magazine editor fired and 16 other journalists disciplined in self-censorship conflict 20 February 2007 State-owned news agency seeks to close news market and monopolise information distribution 4 December 2006 Supreme Court rules that some articles of newspaper law are unconstitutional 30 June 2006 Probe into secret service phone tapping scandal clears everyone except journalists 20 December 2005 US-based Chinese TV station expelled from APEC forum 17 November 2005 See all alerts: South Korea
 
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