A newsroom revolt

Posted on : 2013-06-17 15:16 KST Modified on : 2019-10-19 20:29 KST

Reporters from the Hankook Ilbo newspaper chant for the resignation of company president Jang Jae-ku on the morning of June 16. They were locked out of their newsroom on the previous evening when 15 hired thugs were brought in to prevent the reporters from accessing the newsroom. There has been discord within the paper since April when the reporters sued President Jang for misuse of company money and the arbitrary replacement of the newspaper’s editor-in-chief. (by Kim Tae-hyeong, staff photographer)