Da Woo Lim comments

FYI, 2020 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

42: South Korea

43: Taiwan

45: United States

66: Japan

73: Mongolia

from https://rsf.org/en/ranking

This, from the country where a professor was indicted for writing a book exposing that there were Koreans who voluntarily became comfort women and Koreans who collaborated in the coercion and scouting of women. Not to mention Korea's history of blacklisting artists and arresting bloggers for criticizing the government.

"The South Korean government is not particularly tolerant of criticisms against its politicians and certain ideologies, with bloggers risking arrest for expressing their opinions. Content deemed “harmful” or “subversive” is often censored, echoing China’s restrictive measures to prevent millions of citizens from freely expressing themselves online."

https://international.thenewslens.com/article/122579

Most Japanese do not care about the Liancourt Rocks, while in Korea, everyone is indoctrinated on "Dokdo" at school and at home, people cheer when an athelete swims across the ocean to the islands, the media claim that the Japanese can invade at any moment, and the military flew over the islands the same week they cancelled another military drill with the U.S. to please Kim Jong Un. The islands are a symbol of Korean nationalism and a fuel for anti-Japanese sentiment. With their rabid obsession, Korea is more likely to start a war over the Liancourt Rocks than Japan.