Comments on: So, Where are All the Korean Reporters At? http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/ Korea... in Blog Format Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:45:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: London Korean Links / Pastor Bae Hyun-kyu http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100686 London Korean Links / Pastor Bae Hyun-kyu Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:08:26 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100686 [...] Afghan hostage crisis vexes South Korean Press, Hankyoreh, 7 August 2007 (see also the Marmot) [...] [...] Afghan hostage crisis vexes South Korean Press, Hankyoreh, 7 August 2007 (see also the Marmot) [...]

]]> By: Wedge http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100511 Wedge Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:28:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100511 This makes perfect sense: They've already outsourced responsibility for the resolution of this crisis (to Karzai and Bush), why not outsource the news coverage as well? This makes perfect sense: They’ve already outsourced responsibility for the resolution of this crisis (to Karzai and Bush), why not outsource the news coverage as well?

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100505 michael Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:56:08 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100505 Word up: inter-Korean summit was announced for later this month. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-korea.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Word up: inter-Korean summit was announced for later this month.

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]]> By: Left Flank http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100502 Left Flank Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:13:34 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100502 <strong>Why Should Seoul Care?...</strong> NPR presents yet another interesting angle on the South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan: Mike Pocock who discusses missionary work. And, TMH provides good reason to doubt the value of South Korean reporting (TMH) on the hostage crisis. Pocock&#821... Why Should Seoul Care?…

NPR presents yet another interesting angle on the South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan: Mike Pocock who discusses missionary work. And, TMH provides good reason to doubt the value of South Korean reporting (TMH) on the hostage crisis.
Pocock&#821…

]]> By: Zonath http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100501 Zonath Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:43:49 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100501 <blockquote>“If something happens to a reporter while he’s covering a story on the ground, the government has to take responsibility, so we aren’t permitting local coverage.</blockquote> So where was this strong talk from the Foreign Ministry <i>before</i> the hostage crisis began? It seems like if they could ban one group (reporters) from going to Afghanistan, they could just as easily have banned another group (<strike>missionaries</strike> aid workers) from going. Or is the press just impotent and scared of the government enough to actually listen to them? So much for the myth of an independent press...

“If something happens to a reporter while he’s covering a story on the ground, the government has to take responsibility, so we aren’t permitting local coverage.

So where was this strong talk from the Foreign Ministry before the hostage crisis began? It seems like if they could ban one group (reporters) from going to Afghanistan, they could just as easily have banned another group (missionaries aid workers) from going. Or is the press just impotent and scared of the government enough to actually listen to them? So much for the myth of an independent press…

]]> By: bighominid http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100493 bighominid Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:22:31 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100493 <blockquote>He added, “If something happens to a reporter while he’s covering a story on the ground, <b>the government has to take responsibility,</b> so we aren’t permitting local coverage.”</blockquote> Journalists, but not hostages. Kevin

He added, “If something happens to a reporter while he’s covering a story on the ground, the government has to take responsibility, so we aren’t permitting local coverage.”

Journalists, but not hostages.

Kevin

]]> By: TechnoKimchi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100491 TechnoKimchi Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:08:33 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100491 <strong>Commenters, not commentators, as citizen journalists...</strong> So, by now, many of you guys probably have heard of the Taliban capturing 23 Korean Christian civilian aid workers in Afghanistan. There's already been 2 victims shot to death. One of them was a minister. There still remain 21 hostages, with nobody kn... Commenters, not commentators, as citizen journalists…

So, by now, many of you guys probably have heard of the Taliban capturing 23 Korean Christian civilian aid workers in Afghanistan. There’s already been 2 victims shot to death. One of them was a minister. There still remain 21 hostages, with nobody kn…

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100489 Sperwer Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:50:56 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100489 <blockquote>the Korean press apparently lacks reporters trained to work</blockquote> Bingo.

the Korean press apparently lacks reporters trained to work

Bingo.

]]> By: slim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100487 slim Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:39:46 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/07/so-where-are-all-the-korean-reporters-at/#comment-100487 South Korean media were a very big part of the problem in the 2002 schoolgirl deaths and they weren't exactly stellar on Virginia Tech this past April. Although I do not approve of the government banning domestic media travel to Afghanistan, maybe it's a blessing that coverage of this crisis is being left to third parties. South Korean media were a very big part of the problem in the 2002 schoolgirl deaths and they weren’t exactly stellar on Virginia Tech this past April. Although I do not approve of the government banning domestic media travel to Afghanistan, maybe it’s a blessing that coverage of this crisis is being left to third parties.

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