Kim Jong Un's Top Spokesman in S.Korea shows his true colors

South Korea’s liberal rulers unleash their inner authoritarian

 Those good intentions seem to be flagging. Opponents of the government are again finding that their views may attract litigation rather than benign indifference or even constructive responses. Nearly a fifth of civil libel suits against media organisations last year involved senior officials, more than during Ms Park’s administration.

There is trouble in the legislature, too. Earlier this month Minjoo lawmakers proposed a bill that would grant the government the power to order the media to correct “fake news” (a similar bill was proposed by the conservatives in 2017). Another set of bills being considered seeks to punish anyone spreading “distorted” historical accounts of a crackdown in 1980 on pro-democracy protesters.