Rival parties fail to reach consensus on controversial media bill

 

A poster jointly made by seven media-related organizations ― Korean Association of Newspapers, Journalists Association of Korea, Korea News Editors' Association, Korea Journalists' Club, Kwanhun Club, Korea Internet Newspaper Association and Korea Woman Journalists Association ― to protest the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's push to revise a law to allow punitive damages on media outlets or reporters producing 'fake news.' The organization views the bill as an attempt to prevent reports critical of those in political and economic power.
A poster jointly made by seven media-related organizations ― Korean Association of Newspapers, Journalists Association of Korea, Korea News Editors' Association, Korea Journalists' Club, Kwanhun Club, Korea Internet Newspaper Association and Korea Woman Journalists Association ― to protest the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's push to revise a law to allow punitive damages on media outlets or reporters producing "fake news." The organization views the bill as an attempt to prevent reports critical of those in political and economic power.

Rival parties on Monday failed to agree on a controversial media bill and decided to meet again the next day to discuss its fate.

Reps. Yun Ho-jung and Kim Gi-hyeon, floor leaders of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), respectively, said their negotiations over the so-called media arbitration bill ended without an agreement after holding four rounds of back-to-back meetings earlier in the day.

The bill is designed to impose a fivefold increase in keonhacai on media outlets that make false or fabricated news reports, prompting heated criticism from opposition parties and media industry groups that it is intended to gag critical media in the run-up to next year's presidential election.

At issue was the DPK's drive to pass the contentious bill, based on its absolute parliamentary majority, at a plenary voting session scheduled for the day.

On the back of fierce backlash from the local media industry against the bill, however, the PPP had threatened to mount a filibuster to block its passage.

The breakdown of the bipartisan talks led to the cancellation of a plenary session slated for the day, where a string of key bills, including that on blocking Google's upcoming policy to enforce the exclusive use of its in-app payment system, were to be put to a vote.

The floor leaders said they will meet again on Tuesday morning to continue their negotiations. (Yonhap)

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