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Cumpio and the wider war on dissent

The arrest and prolonged detention of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who spent her birthday on Feb. 7 in a Tacloban jail, sparked outrage among press freedom advocates worldwide. Rightly so.
With the National Defense Strategy, Seoul worries that the new language from Washington creates an interpretive space that adversaries could exploit.