Leftist ruling party in Seoul accused of searching phone records of journalists, foreign correspondents

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Leftist ruling party in Seoul accused of searching phone records of journalists, foreign correspondents

by WorldTribune Staff, December 29, 2021 Foreign correspondents based in Seoul were among those targeted by a South Korean agency created by the current leftist government to investigate corruption cases involving high-ranking officials. The agency has been accused of illegally searching the phone records of opposition lawmakers and journalists, including their family members. The Corruption […]

U.S. foreign correspondents once shaped America’s world view; Now Russian, Chinese replacements do

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U.S. foreign correspondents once shaped America’s world view; Now Russian, Chinese replacements do

by WorldTribune Staff, September 11, 2018 The American foreign correspondent began to disappear as U.S. media outlets began cutting and shutting down overseas bureaus in the late 1990s into the 2010s. That left much of the reporting on global news to state-run and far from free media outlets in places like Russia and China. Author […]