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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Nude pictures and the public right to know

Does this quote sound familiar? After a public outcry for publishing nude pictures of Shin Jeong-ah, a former art professor accused of corruption who is alleged to have had an affair with a senior politician, the Korean newspaper Munhwa Ilbo explained: "We apologise for causing social controversy... We believed that the public's right to know must come first." Oh yeah? (Via Asia Media/Korea Herald)

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