South Korea appears to be backing down from a plan to ease restrictions on accessing North Korean media, a reversal that several experts called counterproductive and out of step with Seoul’s stated desire to protect internet freedom.

Seoul’s unification ministry told NK News back in July 2022 that it was preparing to allow ROK citizens to view DPRK broadcasts, later announcing that it would expand access to North Korea’s main newspaper at designated locations across the country.

But the ministry has been noncommittal about the proposal in recent months, and South Korean media reportssuggest the government has now scrapped