Not Even Kim Jong-un Can Stop KBS, MBC Strikes

On the day North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test on Sep. 3, two of South Korea’s biggest public broadcasters didn’t have enough reporters to thoroughly cover the breaking story. Many of them were on strike. “We beseech the employees and the labor unions leading the strike to remind yourselves of your duty as public broadcasters and the backbone of the national broadcasting service,” KBS, one of the broadcasters, wrote to its employees after the North Korean test. “Please come back to