South Korea media

South Korea’s JoongAng Hires Japanese Reporter as Tokyo Correspondent 

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South Korea’s JoongAng Hires Japanese Reporter as Tokyo Correspondent 

In an epoch-making move, South Korea’s major daily newspaper The JoongAng announced on March 27 that it has hired a former Japanese Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reporter, Onuki Tomoko, 48, as its Tokyo correspondent. It said it’s the first time that any South Korean newspaper has employed a Japanese reporter as a staff writer. It has … Read more

South Korea’s Press Freedom Under Fire

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The Paradox of South Korea’s Presidential Approval Rating 

If you think the notion of news manipulation and censorship is relegated to the dark annals of authoritarian regimes, it’s time to reconsider. A closer look at the unfolding narrative in South Korea paints a disconcertingly different picture.  The actions of the current administration of President Yoon Suk-yeol have cast a long shadow over press … Read more