#14 – Park Kyungshin on libel and defamation laws, and their political exploitation in South Korea
Channel: Korea and the World
Date: 25/08/2015

South Korea is a vibrant democracy, yet a number of laws and regulations dating back to the Park Chung-hee era are still in effect. Critics argue the government is increasingly invoking them to influence the public discourse and silence dissenters. One of them is Professor Park Kyungshin, who has been advocating freedom of speech and opinion in South Korea.

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