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South Korea must drop restrictions on journalists reporting from conflict zones

The IPI global network urges the South Korean government to drop all restrictions on journalists reporting in conflict zones around the world. We express our solidarity with photojournalist Jang Jin-young, who faces criminal charges and who was fined for traveling to report on Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We call on the South Korean government […]

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South Korea: Accessing journalists’ phone records compromises press freedom

In recent weeks, growing numbers of journalists in South Korea have learned that authorities have accessed their phone records. At least 120 journalists from 22 different media organizations, including several foreign media outlets, have had their phone data accessed by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO). Such mass data collection – for which […]

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South Korea should withdraw new ‘fake news’ legislation

The IPI global network today expressed serious concern over a bill in South Korea that would raise punishments for media outlets sued for publishing “fake news”. South Korea’s governing Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has introduced an amendment to the Media Arbitration Act that lawmakers claim is intended to combat the spread of false information. […]

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IPI condemns exclusion of journalist by South Korea

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, today criticised the South Korean government for excluding Kim Myung-sung, a reporter of the Chosun Ilbo, from the pool of journalists assigned to cover the High-Level meeting at the border village of Panmunjom. According to information received by, the government […]

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