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Suppression of the media in South Korea

Conservative Abe’s secrecy law doesn’t hold a candle to Seoul’s press suppression BY MAKIKO SEGAWA AND MICHAEL PENN THE JAPAN TIMES For people concerned with the weakening of press freedoms under the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, its criticism of the liberal Asahi Shimbun and the new state secrets law, there should still be a sense of relief that media suppression in Japan has not quite reached the levels now being seen in South Korea.

Like Japan, South Korea is currently governed by a decidedly conservative regime — that of President Park Geun-hye and her Saenuri Party, known until early 2012 as the Grand National Party……..http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/22/national/conservative-abes-secrecy-law-doesnt-hold-candle-seouls-press-suppression/#.VJfnHfDA

December 24, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general