Korean Media Watch » The Korea Times http://www.koreanmediawatch.com bringing accountability to korean yellow journalism Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:50:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Hall of Shame: Korea Times Reporter Kang Shin-who http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/06/hall-of-shame-korea-times-reporter-kang-shin-who/ http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/06/hall-of-shame-korea-times-reporter-kang-shin-who/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:04:59 +0000 The Metropolitician http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/?p=58 According to Gusts of Popular Feeling:

There have been several articles in the Korean English-language media over the past year or so that have portrayed the community of foreign English teachers as being divided on the basis of visa type as a result of the E-2 visa regulations implemented in late 2007. All of these articles were published in the Korea Times and written by Kang Shin-who.

Apparently, the writings of a single reporter have played a big role in getting the wrong story out there and mischaracterize the motivations and actions of many of the main players, and even utilizes quotes of questionable origin. The article over on Popular Gusts is pretty interesting and exhaustive, well worth a read.

]]> http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/06/hall-of-shame-korea-times-reporter-kang-shin-who/feed/ 3 Jason Lim of The Korea Policy Review Chimes in on the Yonhap Story http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/06/jason-lim-of-the-korea-policy-review-chimes-in-on-the-yonhap-story/ http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/06/jason-lim-of-the-korea-policy-review-chimes-in-on-the-yonhap-story/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:58:41 +0000 The Metropolitician http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/?p=23 Writing in The Korea Times, Jason Lim, chief editor of The Korea Policy Review, published out of Harvard’s Kennedy School, also makes the link between the media’s demonization of foreigners (as exemplified in the smear piece put together by Yonhap) and Korea essentially shooting itself in the foot in terms of its effots to develop into a more global and multicultural society. He goes so far as to describe the process as “racist”, which is a strong word, but completely appropriate in this context. When portraying an entire group as essentially and fixedly negative based on the actions of a very few, and for the purposes of social scapegoating, the use of the term “racist” is far from extreme. [HT to Korea Beat]

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