Regime jams foreign-based radio stations again
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has deplored the North Korean government’s resumption on 11 May 2007 of its jamming of independent and dissident radio stations broadcasting in Korean from outside the country and called on the South Korean government and the international community to defend their right to broadcast freely. “North and South Korea are […]
Pyongyang threatens independent radio stations run by exiles
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned threats by North Korea’s officials against the independent radio stations based in South Korea or the United States that broadcast programmes for the North Korean population. “It is unacceptable that a regime that allows no free expression should adopt a threatening tone with media that are trying to […]
South Korean authorities block access to about 30 North Korean propaganda websites
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has criticised South Korea for blocking access to about 30 North Korean propaganda websites. The organisation appealed for the week-old ban to be lifted in the name of free expression. But RSF called strong North Korean protests against the move hypocritical, since the Pyongyang regime forbids ordinary people from using the Internet […]
RSF fact-finding mission issues press freedom survey
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 22 October 2004 RSF statement: Reporters Without Borders fact-finding mission issues press freedom survey For the past three years, North Korea has come last in the Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) worldwide ranking of countries by respect for press freedom. Yet, amid an international crisis linked to Pyongyang’s […]
RSF urges authorities to allow international news media to report from Ryongchon
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is disturbed by the North Korean authorities’ refusal to allow journalists to report from the scene of the explosion of two trains at the train station in Ryongchon. The organisation has written to the head of the North Korean permanent mission in Geneva, Switzerland, urging him to allow the international news media […]
State radio threatens to “blow up” South Korean newspaper “Chosun Ilbo”
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to the secretary of propaganda of the North Korean Workers’ Party, Kim Ki-Nam, RSF expressed its concern about threats broadcast on North Korean state radio against the South Korean daily “Chosun Ilbo”. RSF called on him to ensure that “this threatening campaign against ‘Chosun Ilbo’ stops”, and “those responsible for […]
Journalist prevented from entering North Korea
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI correction to alert: With regard to IPI’s North Korea alert of 28 June, we are informed that Kim Jong Il’s correct title is Chairman of the National Defence Commission, NOT President of the Standing Committee. Thanks Michael Kudlak Congress Co-ordinator, Press Freedom Adviser
Journalist prevented from entering North Korea
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 28 June 2000 letter to Kim Jong Il, president of the standing committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly, IPI condemned the refusal by North Korean authorities to allow “Chosun Ilbo” journalist Kim In-gu to enter North Korea. According to IPI’s sources, Kim In-gu had obtained a permit to be part of […]