SEOUL: Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned Thursday the trial of two South Korean journalists charged with defaming President Park Geun-Hye’s brother as another example of increasing restrictions on free speech in the country.
The case against independent journalists Kim Ou-Joon and Choo Chin-Woo followed a report in which they claimed Park’s younger brother, Park Ji-Man, had been involved in the death of his cousin, who was killed by another family member.
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