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Editorial
For the Freedom
of Journalism
ESTABLISHED1954
Publishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyandfor
students of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies,The
Argus, the oldest campus English newspaper in Korea,
M
unhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) announced that the
pursues the highest standard of campus journalism and
departmentinchargeofCurrentAffairs&Documentarywillbe
academism.
dissolved.
On April 20, MBC held a directors’ meeting and confirmed a
restructuring which would involve the dissolution of the department of
?PresidentandPublisher
Affairs & Documentary. This department which had produced current
Dr.ParkChul
affairs programs such as ‘PD Diary’ and ‘Sisa Magazine 2580’ was to be
?ExecutiveEditor
Prof.LeeDong-il
integrated into department of Broadcasting and Producing. In turn this
mergeddepartmentwillbeincludedintheheadquartersoforganizationand
?Editor-in-Chief
KimSu-young(T-3)
production.Aboutthedissolutionsofthisdepartmentthejournalists’group
atMBCdenouncedthemovesayingontheirofficialtwitter,“Itshowedthe
?EditorialConsultant
JangHo-jun(ELI-3)
intentiontoshakeandremoveheadstrongreporters.”
By carrying out such a reorganization the current affairs programs which
?AssociateEditor
KangYoung-joon(EC-2)
hadbeenastrengthofMBC’sbroadcastingwouldbeseriouslyundermined.
This case demonstrated that people have been divested of their right to
WooHae-chung(CH-2)
know,whilstemphasizingthefundamentalreasonfortheMBClaborstrike
isthedominanceofthepressbythecurrentregime,afactthathasgradually
?Reporters
ChoiHee-ji(MA-2)
emerged.
Ifso,forhowlongwillMBCheadquarterscontinuethisruthlessness?
YooSuh-kyung(PA-2)
The March issue of The Argus also featured the MBC labor strike. At
this point in time, ahead of the presidential election in October, the article
?CopyReaders
Prof.LymanMclallen
discussed the policies of the current regime and recent social issues. The
invasion into press freedom goes back a long way. For this reason, it is
Prof.BrandonWalcutt
important that viewers are aware of this as well as producers in the media.
Consequently,inthiscasetoo,universitystudentsshouldmakeuseoftheir
voteexercisingtheirrighttoelectleaders.Thesedays,manyprogramsbased
on the Internet, known as alternative journalism, show the possibility of
innovation.Despitemanylimitations,theyenableavarietyofopinionstobe
270,Imun-dong,Dongdaemun-gu,Seoul,Korea
putforwardsomewithsubjectiveacceptanceandotherswithcriticalinsight.
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Tel:(02)2173-2508 Fax:2173-2509
The presidential election will be a good opportunity for people to manifest
San 89, Wangsan-ri, Mohyeon-myon, Cheoin-gu Yongin,
theirrights.
GyeonggiProvince,Korea
(PostalCode449-791) Tel:(031)330-4113
KimSu-young
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Editor-in-Chief

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