The following article is an opinion piece by Kyung-Sin Park, a law professor at Korea University and the executive director of Open Net Korea. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.

South Korea’s unification minister recently made some curious comments about wanting to allow wider citizen access to North Korean state media, telegraphing a long-overdue move that could end decades of censorship.

“We would like to restore ethnic homogeneity by progressively making available North Korea’s press, publications, broadcasting and other means of communication and thereby expanding mutual understanding and