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December 22, 2024

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Seoul’s proposal to ditch ban on North Korean media is long overdue

Censorship vastly overemphasizes danger of Pyongyang’s propaganda and is holdover from South Korea’s illiberal past

The following article is an opinion piece by Kyung-Sin Park, a law professor at Korea University and the executive director of Open Net Korea. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.


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