Weekly Brief: Oct. 10th - 16th

Blacklist of artists surfaces The president’s office has blacklisted nearly 10,000 [http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/10/116_215931.html] singers, authors, directors and other artists. The reason? They’ve either signed a petition criticizing the government’s response to the 2014 Sewol disaster or supported two opposition politicians, both of whom are likely to run in the next presidential election. Rumors of such a blacklist have been around since May of last year, but now the fu