At its meeting, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 9 May 2002, the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) unanimously agreed to keep Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Zimbabwe on the “IPI Watch List”. In Russia, the Executive Board found that there had been no changes to the media scene. Commenting on […]

IPI Deplores Governmental Interference in Countries on the “IPI Watch List” At the Board Meeting of the International Press Institute (IPI), held in Paris, France, on 20 October, the Executive Board unanimously agreed to keep South Korea, Russia, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela on the “IPI Watch List” and to place Zimbabwe on the list. Also […]

The joint IPI/WAN delegation completed their mission in Seoul, South Korea, with a condemnation on 9 September of government intimidation of the press. The International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) joint mission to South Korea found further substantiation that the Korean government tax investigation and the Korea Fair Trade Committee […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), at a press conference held in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, 6 September 2001, announced that it has placed South Korea on the “IPI Watch List”. The decision has been unanimously approved by the IPI Executive Board. The inclusion of South Korea comes at a time when three newspaper owners/publishers […]