The Yoon Administration’s Censorship Practices Reminds Us of the 2017 Candlelight Vigils

President Yoon and the members of both the ruling and opposition parties are actively seeking to restrict freedom of expression in Korea. The Yoon administration is showing patterns of repeating media censorship that was once the center of criticism towards the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administrations in the past. It is even more concerning that the opposition parties are also jumping on the bandwagon. Open Net urges the Yoon administration to uphold the fundamental principles of freedom of expression.

*This is a partial translation of Open Net’s original statement in Korean. You can find the full Korean version here. Contact us at master@opennet.or.kr for more information.