Korea: major daily questions constitutionality of new press laws
Posted by John Burke on March 24, 2005 at 12:04 PM
The Newspaper Law and the Press Arbitration Law which have recently been passed in Korea and have been questioned since their conception will now be under review after one of the country's major dailies, Dong-A Ilbo filed a constitutional petition against the laws. The paper claimed that the laws violate the rights of freedom of press and publication, freedom of vocation, and economic freedom protected in the Constitution. Its petition will be heard by the country's Constitutional Court on April 2.
Source: Dong-A Ilbo
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