Asia's media have few reasons to celebrate World Press Freedom Day
It is World Press Freedom Day today, but Asia's media has little to celebrate. Karl Malakunas at Channel NewsAsia writes "just seven percent of the Asia Pacific's population have access to a "free press", according to a report by the US-based Freedom House global industry watchdog released last week." It is interesting to learn that "of the larger nations, only Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan and Australia were classified as having a free press, which is judged according to the legal, political and economic constraints on the media." According to Freedom House most Asian countries are going backwards when it comes to press freedom. Lets hope that next years report brings more positive results for this region.
Source: Channel NewsAsia
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