ocr: South Korea's media has been freed of - most restrictions since the advent of: full multiparty democracy. However, criticisms of the armed forces are still frowned upon andjournalists tend to avoid the subject ofthe role of the military in society altogether. Caution also has to be exercisedin reporting facts about North Korea. In the past, South Korean journalists who have made tavorable mention of President Kim I1 Sung's communist regime in North Korea have suffered harassment and intimidation.
