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International media organizations have also recently criticized the media arbitration law being pushed by the ruling party. This time, Reporters Without Borders issued a statement, and Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil said how the group would know the situation in Korea. However, two years ago, President Moon Jae-in expressed his gratitude to Reporters Without Borders, which Song had evaluated in this way.



Reporter Yoo Soo-hwan delivers this content as well.



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Reporters Without Borders, which publishes the World Press Freedom Index, issued a statement saying that the media arbitration law could be used as a tool to put pressure on the press.



Song Young-gil, president of the Democratic Party, rebuked him saying that he did not know the situation in Korea.



[Song Young-gil / Democratic Party Representative: Anything is like that. We also cite it when it is written by a media organization. How can they (Reporters Without Borders) know about our situation...]



Opposition parties all criticized them all at once, saying that the remarks contained 'ignorance and denigration' of the international media group.



The People's Power said, "They ridicule even the concerns of the international community for their greed to put a collar on the press." Follow," he lamented.



The secretary-general of the 'Reporters Without Borders', who Song said, 'Do you understand the situation in Korea?'President Moon Jae-in had an official meeting for the first time among Korean presidents in 2019.



At the time, President Moon praised the 'Reporters Without Borders', saying, "Freedom of the press is the foundation of democracy."



[Moon Jae-President / Reporters Without Borders Secretary-General Discussion (18 September 2019): Please take always concerned about free speech defending movement in Korea, we will continue to audit the submitted part supported by]



the door the President about the current situation While no mention has been made, the Blue House is repeating the principled position of "a matter to be discussed in the National Assembly."



(Video coverage: Gong Jin-goo, Kim Seung-tae, video editing: Park Soo-seon)