# S. Korea Orders Purge of Dissident Journalists

The Washington Post, 1980-07-31

- Address: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/07/31/s-korea-orders-purge-of-dissident-journalists/e0da51db-b285-4418-bd07-52f034a68daa/
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- Last checked: 2026-09-23
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## Cited by

- [South Korea's martial-law government purges journalists who resisted press controls](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1980-south-korea-chun-doo-hwan-press-purge)
- [Claim 189: The government ordered all South Korean newsmen and broadcasters who had resisted censorship or sought freedom of the press to be purged from their jobs by August 10, 1980.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/189)
- [Claim 190: The government said nothing was more important than maintaining national security against North Korea and preserving domestic order and peace.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/190)

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