OhmyNews
South Korean online news website
OhmyNews (Korean: 오마이뉴스) is a South Korean online news website. It was founded by Oh Yeon Ho on 22 February 2000. The site's motto is "Every Citizen is a Reporter", which reflects its status as the first news website in Korea to accept, edit, and publish articles from its readers in an open source-style. About 20% of the site's content is written by the 55-person staff; most articles are written by freelance contributors.
Political position
OhmyNews is consistently considered liberal and progressive. This is in contrast to the somewhat more moderate liberal Hankyoreh and Kyunghyang. It is considered anti-imperialist, anti-racist, and anti-xenophobic; however, anti-China/anti-Japan left-wing nationalist media is common among South Korean liberals. The site is also generally critical of the "hegemonic nationalism" of the Chinese and Japanese governments, and supports "resistance nationalism". The site strongly criticizes and opposes anti-Japanese and anti-Chinese sentiment that is expressed as racism rather than anti-imperialism.
OhmyNews is not anti-American, but often criticizes U.S. foreign policy.
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