South Korean civic group launches online broadcast aimed at NK

A new internet-based broadcast was launched on Tuesday to deliver uncensored information to North Koreans, as civic groups intensify efforts to connect citizens of the isolated regime with the outside world. The Korea Internet Studio (KIS), a Seoul-based internet broadcasting network, was created in response to what organizers called a growing "information vacuum" following the suspension of South Korean government-led broadcasts targeting North Korea earlier this year. "Information is the single most powerful force for change, and truth always finds a way," Jung Sung-jin, the network's inaugural chairman, said during a launch ceremony at the Korea Press Center in downtown Seoul. "Our mission is clear: to act as an information missionary linking North Korea to the wider world. Our broadcasts will serve as the oxygen that sustains and revitalizes North Korean society." Organizers said the new platform seeks to fill the gap left after the South Korean National Intelligence Service ended its decades-old propaganda transmissions to the North in July. The unprecedented decision to halt radioWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times