The aim of this lecture series is to analyze the development of media and its relation to the growth of democracy in modern Korea. Going through a rapid process of modernization, mechanization, and informatization, Korea has experienced a multitude of changes. Through discourses on media and democracy in modern Korea, we would like to raise questions concerning the role and influence of media on the democratization of Korea, and eventually to see how Korean society has changed.

"Medien und Demokratie"

"The Relation of the Dynamics of Korean Democracy and Media through the 5.18 Democratization Movement"

Suhee Yun joined KBS (the Korean Broadcasting System) in 1995 as a broadcast journalist and has diverse experience in the field of reporting, most notably a special report on “North Korean Firing Squad’s Execution of Defectors Scene Captured” in 2011. She has also worked at the Culture, Social, Provincial Affairs and Digital News Department in the KBS News Office as a senior reporter. She is currently conducting an in-depth study on the role of public broadcasting in the reunification of North and South Korea through the case of the ‘Deutscher Vereinigungsprozess.’

"Development of Korean Democratization and the Press: The Function of a News Agency"

Hee Ahn has been working as a journalist in Yonhap News Agency since 2003. He covers various news areas, including social and political issues, industry, economy, etc.

"Victorious Citizens Build a Newspaper"

The aim of this lecture series is to analyze the development of media and its relation to the growth of democracy in modern Korea. Going through a rapid process of modernization, mechanization, and informatization, Korea has experienced a multitude of changes. Through discourses on media and democracy in modern Korea, we would like to raise questions concerning the role and influence of media on the democratization of Korea, and eventually to see how Korean society has changed.