Korean News is a news service about the latest in the world of Korea. It covers politics, economy, culture and sports of the country. The website also provides information about Korean celebrities, and has a large social media section. It is one of the leading news services in South Korea and has an international branch in New York.
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During the Cold War, the Yonhap News Agency 황영웅 상해죄 was a powerful source of information about the South to the West, providing domestic and foreign news through its computerized transmission and linking with world media through four satellite link stations. Its English version, the Yonhap News International, was an important tool in promoting the image of the South in the United States.
Chun Do-hwan’s military government established the Basic Press Law in 1980, which provided for media control and censorship. It centralized authority in the Ministry of Culture and Information, which coordinated censorship with intelligence officials, representatives from various agencies and the presidential staff using daily “reporting guidelines” sent to newspaper editors.
Syngman Rhee’s military government closed leftist newspapers and arrested reporters and publishers on numerous occasions in 1948-61. The Park Chung-hee government further tightened media control through the Press Ethics Commission Law and, after 1964, emergency decrees penalizing criticism of the government.
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