April 28, 2024
Opinion

South Korea needs open discourse on North Korea — even when contentious

Efforts to criminalize non-official narratives stifle free debate essential to understand DPRK and threats it poses

Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Joseph Yi, a professor at Hanyang University and founding member of the Heterodox Academy East Asia Community. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.


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