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Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil evaluated how the organization would know our situation when Reporters Without Borders issued a statement criticizing the media arbitration law. So we did a video interview with Reporters Without Borders. They said they were well aware of the situation in Korea, and said that if the bill is rushed to be dealt with in an imperfect state, the side effects would be great.



The interview content was compiled by Reporter Lee Hyun-young.



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Cedric Alviani, Asia branch manager of Reporters Without Borders, clearly refuted the remarks of Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil during a video call with SBS.



[Cedric Albiani/Reporters Without Borders East Asia Branch Manager: Reporters Without Borders has three correspondents in Korea, and through them, they are provided with information to understand the situation in Korea.]



An emergency statement bruised by CEO Song also took place over the course of several days. It explained that it was announced after reviewing the translation of the amendment to the Korean Media Arbitration Act and conducting related investigations.



Regarding the Media Arbitration Act, we expressed our greatest concern about abstract and vague expressions such as 'fake news' and 'malicious intentions'.



[Cedric Albiani/Reporters Without Borders East Asia Branch Director: Judges have to make arbitrary judgments about terminology, and it is dangerous that judges can also make different decisions.]



At the same time, if the legislation is incomplete and hastily enacted, the side effects will also be great. warned that it would.



[Cedric Albi No / Without Borders Reporters Asian directors. We look forward to South Korea as long as that Korea is the world leader of democracy could be an example of freedom of speech -



Albi no directors had also mentioned two years ago presidential visit time .



[Cedric Albiani/Director of the East Asia Branch of Reporters Without Borders: President Moon had a very strong desire to contribute to the freedom of the press in Korea.]



CEO Song said today (26th), "I will send my position directly to Reporters Without Borders in English. plan," he said.



(Video coverage: Yoo Dong-hyeok, video editing: Park Jeong-sam)



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