Tatsuya Kato (journalist)

Tatsuya Kato (加藤 達也, Katō Tatsuya, born 1966) is a Japanese journalist who was a Seoul Bureau chief of South Korea at Sankei Shimbun.

Tatsuya Kato
Born1966 (age 54–55)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationJournalist
Known forSeoul Bureau chief of South Korea at Sankei Shimbun

He was indicted in October 2014 on charges of defamation for reporting the relationship of President Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil's husband, Chung Yoon-hoi, by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea after the MV Sewol sank.[1][2] He has been acquitted in December 2015 in what has been described as a small victory for freedom of the press in South Korea.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Korean Prosecutors Indict Japanese Journalist on Defamation Charge - WSJ". wsj.com. 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  2. "US journal criticizes Park's regression into dictatorship". m.koreatimes.co.kr. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  3. Kirk, Don (2015-12-20). "South Korea's Press Freedom Gets a Reprieve". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-01-01.


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