The Journalist Association of Korea last week voted to refuse to accept the administration's plans to shut down most of its press rooms in government offices.

The association's objections will not force the press rooms to stay open, however, and the government will continue with the closures as planned, which could trigger further conflict.

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A freedom of expression case that began with the July 1998 publication of an article titled “How to steal millions” in the newspaper Diena is finally over.

The article, in which journalist Aivars Ozolins examined the role of Laimonis Strujevics in the privatization of the Latvijas Nafta company, led to a series of other articles, which suggested the process would mean a loss to the state budget of about 8 million lats (nearly 11.5 million euro).

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