South Korea's president has made combating disinformation a centerpiece of his agenda. But free press advocates say his vow to keep reporters honest is a pretext to intimidate his critics
When police showed up last year at Im Hyun-ju’s home in Seoul with a search warrant, the 43-year-old journalist watched in disbelief as they examined old notebooks, rifled through her bedroom and confiscated her phone and laptop. An officer explained that she was under investigation for giving a colleague leaked documents about the justice minister, including personal records from his confirmation hearing. “Frankly, I was angry,” Im wrote in an essay.
” His office proceeded to ban MBC from the presidential plane on a trip to Southeast Asia. More significant, the broadcaster has been subject to investigations by the Labor Ministry and the National Tax Service, while the Korea Communications Standards Commission has fined it at least three times on disinformation grounds. Viewed by many as retaliatory, two of the fines have been suspended in court.
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