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April 7, 2010


Korea Times Apologizes For Cartoons

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The Korea Times has apologized for two cartoons about the Moscow bomb attacks that it ran on its March 31 and April 2 editions. The apology was picked up on an English-language wire service. This Moscow Times article recognizes the apology, says it was asked for by the ambassador to South Korea, and describes them: "One cartoon depicted a bear in a fur hat wiping away tears as it looms over a train in flames. The other showed a train shaped like a skull." That notice says that the cartoons were part of a packaged syndication service the paper uses based out of Bangkok.

A blogger picked up part of the ambassador's letter and translates here.

Other reports briefly mention firings at the Korean publication, but nothing about those reports yet looks official to me.
 
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