Censorship of Japanese media in South Korea

This was followed with many other laws over the decades restricting the broadcast and distribution of records, videos, CDs, and games from outside the country.

[1] Source:[2] With the emergence of Kim Dae-jung as president in 1998, he promised the gradual lifting of the 53-year-old ban on Japanese culture and signed a joint declaration with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi.

[3] It is still illegal to broadcast Japanese music and television dramas over terrestrial signals in South Korea.

[9] In 2010, the Korean-language song "Udon" by Korean artists Kang Min Kyung & Son Dong Woon was banned for the use of a Japanese word for the title.

[11] In August 2011, a single Japanese song was broadcast in South Korea as part of a trial program.

[12][13] In 2014, the Korean-language song "Uh-ee" by Korean band Crayon Pop was banned from broadcast by KBS because it contained the Japanese word pikapika in its lyrics.