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S Korea leader criticized for banning broadcaster from plane

People walk by the headquarters of public broadcaster MBC in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Journalist organizations say South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attacked press freedoms when his office banned one TV broadcaster's crew from the press pool traveling on his presidential plane this week for allegedly biased reporting. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Well-wishers watch the airplane with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol onboard as he departs for London to attend the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II, at the Seoul military airport in Seongnam, South Korea on Sept. 18, 2022. Yoon’s office told MBC it wouldn’t provide the broadcaster with “reporting assistance” over his upcoming trips to Cambodia and Indonesia for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Group of 20 meetings because of what it described as "repeated distortion and biased reporting" on diplomatic issues. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, foreground, speaks to journalists upon his arrival at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 10. 2022. Journalist organizations say South Korean President Yoon attacked press freedoms when his office banned a TV broadcaster's crew from the press pool traveling on his presidential plane this week for allegedly biased reporting. (Ahn Jung-hwan/Yonhap via AP)