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Korea's Plan Satellite Detente
Seoul (AFP) October 11, 1999 - South Korea will gradually allow public access to North Korea's state television broadcasts through satellite, despite a row over its communist propaganda, government officials here said Monday.If allowed, the move will enable South Koreans to watch North Korean broadcasts without restrictions for the first time since the Korean peninsula was split in 1945. Caption:A South Korean man watches news of gunfighting between the South and North Korean naval vessels, in Seoul's railway station 15 June 1999. A fierce gun battle erupted Tuesday morning between the South and North Korean naval vessels in the Yellow Sea after an intruding Pyongyang boat opened fire on Seoul vessels, resulting in the sinking of one North Korean torpedo boat, South Korean defence military officials said. AFP PHOTO North Korea's state television network began transmitting pilot propaganda-filled programs through a Thai satellite on July 2 before full operations were launched this month, Seoul's unification ministry said. "A decision has not yet been made. But the government will allow the gradual opening of North Korea's satellite broadcasting," Kang Jung-Koo, a ministry official, told AFP. Seoul has delayed its decision-making because of fears that North Korea would try to use its satellite broadcast for political propaganda. Since the 1950-53 Korean War, South Korea had maintained a strict ban on North Korean broadcasts and printing materials, with violators jailed under its draconian security law. But President Kim Dae-Jung, a former dissident who took office in early 1998, has eased the ban, reflecting his confidence over South Korea's democratic development. "Technically, it is impossible for the government to ban the sale of satellite dishes and converters. But first of all, the planned opening reflects our confidence," another ministry official said. "We have no great worries as many South Koreans are expected to lose their curiosity over North Korean television programs quickly," he said.
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