Reporters Without Borders: Asia lacks press freedom
North Korea, China, Vietnam and Laos are at the bottom of the ranking of 180 countries studied. Concerns regarding the "totalitarian vision" of Xi Jinping and his grip on freedom in Hong Kong. In almost all the countries of East and Southeast Asia, the media are controlled directly or indirectly by the government. Even the Korean and Japanese democracies are worsening, previously considered of models of freedom.
