Koreas – South Korea’s needless censorship of North Korean material (Martin Weiser, East Asia Forum)

South Korea has a free speech problem bigger than its recent ban on sending leaflets into North Korea. North Korea’s official autobiography of Kim Il Sung was sold to the public within South Korean borders by a small publishing company in Seoul, Minjok Sarangbang, since February. A month after this was noticed by the press, the police raided the establishment on 26 May. This is despite the fact that the eight-volume text, first released in Pyongyang in 1992, which covers the late leader’s life from childhood until 1945, is available for free online on North Korean websites. Those websites are, not surprisingly, censored in the South.

South Korea’s needless censorship of North Korean material | East Asia Forum

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Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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