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7-540: CBS commenced broadcasting on December 15, 1954, as a radio station (with the call sign HLKY ) for the purpose of establishing the first religious missionary network in Korea. The network was known for its contributions to human rights, democratization of economy, and for its political stance against the authoritarian regimes of the 1960s to the 1980s. As a result, the network was affected by the Policy for Merger and Abolition of

14-629: A press unit in the Defense Security Command . In the press unit, an attempt to lure journalists by the K-press work plan was and tried to make the press make editorials that looked at democracy activism in a negative light. These attempts continued until late August 1980. The Defense Security Command and the Korean Central Intelligence Agency did the pre work for the policy based on information about

21-722: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Policy for Merger and Abolition of the Press Policy for Merger and Abolition of the Press ( Korean :  언론통폐합 ; Hanja :  言論統廢合 ) is a South korean policy implemented by president Chun Doo-hwan in November 1980 to limit the freedom of press. In 1979, through the December 12th coup, Chun Doo-hwan rose to power and censored all press releases based on martial law. In February 1980, Chun newly installed

28-558: The Defense Security Command from 6 pm on the same day, the owners of broadcasting companies were summoned to forcefully sign a memorandum to show they have no objections. Based on Chun's orders, the Korean Broadcasting Association and newspaper association opened a committee and announced a statement that had a reform of the Korean press for a healthy press as the main content. As a result, newspapers in

35-545: The Press , which limited press freedom in the country. In 1992, the network moved its headquarters to from Jongno to Mok-dong . In 1995, the station opened CBS Music FM. In 1998, CBS launched another radio station, CBS Pyojun FM. In 2002, CBS TV was launched. From 2005, CBS commenced international broadcasting, with its programs available in the United States. This article about media in South Korea

42-555: The capital was reduced from 7 to 6, and regional newspapers were also reduced from 14 to 10. Yonhap News Agency was born as a result of hapdong news agency and Tongyang News Agency (or alternately translated as Orient Press). In broadcasting, Korean Broadcasting System merged and acquired privately owned stations, such as Tongyang Broadcasting Company (a predecessor of JTBC ), Dong-A Broadcasting System (a predecessor of Channel A ), Jeon-il Broadcasting System , Seohae Broadcasting Corporation and Korea FM and forced to buy 65% of

49-432: The journalists and the press, justifying it as a recovery of impartiality and public values. On November 11, 1980, the new military government decided that the measure was needed to suppress expected protests after the lift of martial law. Heo Moon-do and others drafted the plan for the betterment of press , which was implemented by the Defense Security Command on November 12 in the same year after Chun's approval. Then,

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