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Mon, June 5, 2023 | 08:18
2014 Incheon Asian Games
NK reporters must use fax at Asian Games
북한 취재단, 팩스만 사용 가능
Posted : 2014-09-15 17:52
Updated : 2014-09-16 14:05
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By Kim Jae-heun

A North Korean reporter points to a laptop computer in the Asian Games press center in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Friday, after it was blocked from accessing a North Korean website. Due to South Korea's National Security Law, the reporters have to send their reports to Pyongyang via fax machine. / Yonhap
A North Korean reporter points to a laptop computer in the Asian Games press center in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Friday, after it was blocked from accessing a North Korean website. Due to South Korea's National Security Law, the reporters have to send their reports to Pyongyang via fax machine. / Yonhap
A North Korean reporter points to a laptop computer in the Asian Games press center in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Friday, after it was blocked from accessing a North Korean website. Due to South Korea's National Security Law, the reporters have to send their reports to Pyongyang via fax machine. / Yonhap
North Korean reporters covering the Incheon Asian Games will rely on a rather antiquated piece of technology — the fax machine — to send their stories to Pyongyang.

The National Security Law (NSL) bans access to North Korean websites; and for the reporters, this makes it impossible to file their stories via the Internet.

A Ministry of Unification official confirmed Monday that the North reporters would not get special access to North Korean websites such as that of the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), and that both countries were aware of the situation.

"It's common knowledge that North Korean websites are not accessible in the South. We've notified the North about the situation and they are aware of it," an official told The Korea Times on condition of anonymity.

"We agreed on the fax machine as the system for the North Korean reporters to deliver their articles. As far as I know, the North delegation hasn't officially requested a change."

Pyongyang is sending a 273-person delegation to Incheon which will include athletes, officials and reporters.

While the event is seen as an opportunity to warm relations, Seoul and Pyongyang butted heads over issues such as which side would pay for the North's cheerleading squad to make the trip. Pyongyang eventually decided against sending the cheerleaders.

Earlier reports said that the reporters had attempted to access North Korean sites, including that of the KCNA and Uriminzokkiri, a website that carries KCNA reports, at the press center in Incheon on Friday.

An official from the Incheon Asian Game Organizing Committee (IAGOC) said he was unable to comment on the matter, citing the NSL.

However, he added that the North Koreans had requested use of WiFi in their hotel rooms.

While the Internet is mostly prohibited in the North, some elite members of society are reportedly allowed access.

Enforced in 1948, the NSL sought to protect the country in the run-up to the Korean War, making illegal both communism and the recognition of North Korea as a political entity.


북한 취재단, 팩스만 사용 가능

11일 인천국제공항을 통해 북한선수단과 함께 입국한 북한 기자단이 이번 2014 인천 아시안게임에서 팩스밖에 사용하지 못할 것으로 알려졌다.

북한 기자단은 12일 인천시 연수구에 위치한 메인프레스센터를 방문해 기사 송고를 하려고 북한 사이트에 접속했지만 차단된 것을 확인했다. 

해당 북한 사이트는 북한 국영 통신사인 조선중앙통신와 노동당 조국평화통일위원회가 운영하는 ‘우리민족끼리’ 사이트다.

이에 관해 통일부의 한 관계자는 북측이 북한 사이트 차단에 대해서는 예전부터 알고 있던 사항이고 이는 실무적으로 판문점을 통해 협의가 끝났다고 말했다. 북한 기자단은 팩스만 사용할 수 있고, 북측도 특별히 이에 대한 추가적인 요구사항을 전달하진 않은 것으로 파악한다 전했다.

아시안게임 조직위원회 관계자는 자신들은 아무것도 답할 수 없고 북한 선수들과 관련된 사항은 국정원이나 통일부와 북측이 협의한 상황을 전달받는다고 전했다. 추가로 북한 기자단이 숙소에서 와이파이를 자유롭게 쓰게 해달라 요청했다고 말했다.

국가보안법은 1948년에 시행되었고 반국가단체의 구성원 또는 그 지령을 받은 자와 회합·통신 및 기타의 방법을 통해 연락하는 것을 금지하고 있다.

북한은 이번 아시안게임에 총 273명의 선수와 기자단을 선발대로 보냈지만, 북한 응원단은 방한 비용 부담 내용을 두고 합의점을 찾지 못해 보내지 않기로 했다.
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