All posts tagged "freedom of expression"

  • Tatsuya Kato, a Japanese journalist accused of defamation against the South Korean president, walks into the Seoul Central District Court on Dec. 17, 2015, for his sentencing trial. (Yonhap)
    Japanese journalist acquitted of defaming Park

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A Japanese journalist was acquitted Thursday of charges that he defamed South Korean President Park Geun-hye in print. Tatsuya Kato, the former Seoul bureau chief for Japan’s conservative Sankei Shimbun newspaper, was found not...

    • Posted December 17, 2015
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye, right, answers a report's question as U.S. President Barack Obama listens during a joint news conference following their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, Friday, April 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Hong-Ji, Pool)
    US concerned S. Korea’s National Security Law limits freedom of expression

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States is concerned South Korea’s National Security Law limits freedom of expression, the State Department spokeswoman said last week, as she spoke about the case of a Korean-American woman facing deportation from...

    • Posted January 13, 2015
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