Journalism Without Journalists: Political Interference Cripples Public Broadcasting

President Park Geun-hye’s scandal is often seen as a triumph of South Korean journalism. Not just for the dogged investigations by countless journalists, but because typically partisan newspapers on different sides of the political spectrum, like Hankyoreh [http://www.hani.co.kr/] and Chosun Ilbo [http://www.chosun.com], all reported persistently and critically on the same mega-story. But this scandal also highlighted the waning prominence of South Korea’s public broadcasters. Reporters from K