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bureau chief of

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''. He was indicted in October 2014 on charges of defamation for reporting the relationship of President

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's husband, Chung Yoon-hoi, by the

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after the MV ''Sewol'' sank. He was acquitted in December 2015 in what has been described as a small victory for freedom of the press in South Korea.

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