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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1986|1986]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Asia|Asia | ====Region: [[:Category:Asia|Asia]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion | ====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Print Journalism|Print Journalism]] [[:Category:Television|Television | ====Medium: [[:Category:Print Journalism|Print Journalism]] [[:Category:Television|Television]]==== | ||
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'''Confronting Bodies:''' Ministry of Culture | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Ministry of Culture | ||
''Confronted Bodies:''' Korean Journalists | |||
'''Dates of Action:''' July 17, 1986 | '''Dates of Action:''' July 17, 1986 | ||
'''Location:''' | '''Location:''' Korea | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' Press coverage | '''Description of Artwork:''' Press coverage about the sexual torture of Kwon In Suk, a female university student, by the police. | ||
'''The Incident:''' "... The July 17, 1986 guideline permitted newspapers to carry the story on the national pages, but forbade the publication of reports by individual journalists. The government specified that the headline must read "sexual insult," and not "sexual assault." The press was directed to publish the prosecutor's entire report, in which the student's allegations of physical abuse and rape were found to be groundless fabrications and part of a communist strategy. The guideline further stated that "details of accusations made by barristers for the anti-government side or the NCC (National Council of Churches), and the communique concerning the incident published by other women's associations, must not be reported... " | '''The Incident:''' "... The July 17, 1986 guideline permitted newspapers to carry the story on the national pages, but forbade the publication of reports by individual journalists. The government specified that the headline must read "sexual insult," and not "sexual assault." The press was directed to publish the prosecutor's entire report, in which the student's allegations of physical abuse and rape were found to be groundless fabrications and part of a communist strategy. The guideline further stated that "details of accusations made by barristers for the anti-government side or the NCC (National Council of Churches), and the communique concerning the incident published by other women's associations, must not be reported... " | ||
"On September 6, 1986 a special 63-page edition of Mal was devoted entirely to an expose of the government's daily issuance of | |||
"On September 6, 1986 a special 63-page edition of [[Mal]] was devoted entirely to an expose of the government's daily issuance of 'guidelines' to the nation's newspapers. As described in Mal, the "information guidelines" (Hongbo Chojong Jichim) are instructions to the press, which are sent every day to each newspaper publisher by the Department of Public Information Control (DPIC) of the Ministry of Culture and Information. Using such terms as "possible," "impossible," and "absolutely impossible," the DPIC decides and regulates all details including the form, content, and admissibility of reports about particular incidents, situations and circumstances. Newspapers adhering loyally to the guidelines will eliminate the article without hesitation if it is classified as "absolutely impossible," will give up the article with a little awkwardness if it is "impossible," and will carry the article with haste and relief if it is "possible," irrespective of the importance and value of the news item. As well as such detailed instructions, and such obedience, there is further press control by describing fact as fiction, or vice versa, and by dressing up small events as big ones or vice versa." | |||
'''Results of Incident:''' The guidelines were upheld. | '''Results of Incident:''' The guidelines were upheld. | ||
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'''Source:''' Asia Watch, "Freedom of Expression in the Republic of Korea," August, 1988, Pg. 49-51 | '''Source:''' Asia Watch, "Freedom of Expression in the Republic of Korea," August, 1988, Pg. 49-51 | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1986]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:1980s]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:20th century]] | ||
[[Category:Asia]] | [[Category:Asia]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Korea]] | ||
[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | [[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | ||
[[Category:Print Journalism]] | [[Category:Print Journalism]] | ||
[[Category:Television]] | [[Category:Television]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:49, 9 August 2011
Date: 1986
Region: Asia
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Print Journalism Television
Confronting Bodies: Ministry of Culture
Confronted Bodies:' Korean Journalists
Dates of Action: July 17, 1986
Location: Korea
Description of Artwork: Press coverage about the sexual torture of Kwon In Suk, a female university student, by the police.
The Incident: "... The July 17, 1986 guideline permitted newspapers to carry the story on the national pages, but forbade the publication of reports by individual journalists. The government specified that the headline must read "sexual insult," and not "sexual assault." The press was directed to publish the prosecutor's entire report, in which the student's allegations of physical abuse and rape were found to be groundless fabrications and part of a communist strategy. The guideline further stated that "details of accusations made by barristers for the anti-government side or the NCC (National Council of Churches), and the communique concerning the incident published by other women's associations, must not be reported... "
"On September 6, 1986 a special 63-page edition of Mal was devoted entirely to an expose of the government's daily issuance of 'guidelines' to the nation's newspapers. As described in Mal, the "information guidelines" (Hongbo Chojong Jichim) are instructions to the press, which are sent every day to each newspaper publisher by the Department of Public Information Control (DPIC) of the Ministry of Culture and Information. Using such terms as "possible," "impossible," and "absolutely impossible," the DPIC decides and regulates all details including the form, content, and admissibility of reports about particular incidents, situations and circumstances. Newspapers adhering loyally to the guidelines will eliminate the article without hesitation if it is classified as "absolutely impossible," will give up the article with a little awkwardness if it is "impossible," and will carry the article with haste and relief if it is "possible," irrespective of the importance and value of the news item. As well as such detailed instructions, and such obedience, there is further press control by describing fact as fiction, or vice versa, and by dressing up small events as big ones or vice versa."
Results of Incident: The guidelines were upheld.
Source: Asia Watch, "Freedom of Expression in the Republic of Korea," August, 1988, Pg. 49-51
