PRESS RELEASE/ALERT: Media organisations express concern over government's new press policy Originator: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Date: 2003-04-17 Country: SOUTH KOREA Person(s): Target(s): Source: IFJ Type(s) of violation(s): (IPI/IFEX) - The following is an IPI update on the latest press freedom developments in South Korea, which has been on the IPI Watch List since 6 September 2001: At a meeting of government agency spokesmen held on 27 March 2003, the South Korean government adopted a new press policy, dubbed "How to Operate Press Rooms". /snip A spokesman for the opposition Grand National Party (GNP) said that the Roh administration...