This is heartening: from the Korea Times:
The human rights commission concluded that the nation cannot be the subject of a libel suit.
In September of 2009, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) filed a defamation suit against human rights lawyer, Park Won-soon for damaging the reputation of the “state,” making the nation the plaintiff.
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) reached a conclusion that the state cannot be defamed and be the main body of a libel case in an inside report, Sunday.
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Now, if they would only dethrone the Civil Code’s ironclad protection of “reputation” (face) and get rid of the notion that truth is NOT a pre-emptive and fully exculpatory defense to slander/libel, regardless of its effect on someone’s reputation.
We call that censorship in the US. Freedom of speech is a great thing so long as it’s ‘mostly’ the truth. Eye of the beholder and all.
That’s some really good news.
I bet Jay Leno, Jeremy Clarkson, and the many nameless referees, umpires and judges can sleep better now.
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