Media News - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Anti-Pyongyang radio stations get backing
An international press freedom body Tuesday signed an agreement
to provide financial help to three radio stations which broadcast into
communist North Korea. Vincent Brossel, a representative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF),
signed a deal to provide representatives from Radio Free NK, Open North
Korea and Radio Free Chosun with EUR 215,000 over the next
three years. The financial support comes partly from the European Union.
RSF will also appeal to the South Korean government, civil society and
the international community to support the radio stations, Brossel of
the Paris-based group said in a statement before the signing.
The three radio stations, operated by defectors and their supporters in
South Korea, want the Seoul government to provide financial support and
allot them radio channels so that their broadcasts can reach more North
Koreans. But the government has been reluctant to meet their demands, Yonhap news
agency said, apparently for fear of further aggravating inter-Korean
ties. (Inquirer)
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