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Incidents: secrets and espionage laws in North Korea

Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

1 incident matches this view.

Country: North Korea

Continent: Asia

Tactic: Secrets and espionage laws (1)

Stage: Eliminate (1)

Outcome: Reversed (1)

Level: National (1)

Head of government: Kim Jong Il

DateIncidentCountryTacticHead of governmentOutcome
June 8, 2009North Korea: American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee are sentenced to hard laborNorth Korea (RSF rank: not recorded)Secrets and espionage lawsKim Jong IlReversed (August 4, 2009)
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