ABSTRACT
The Korean War was the first major conflict that television was able to report but the opportunity to see and hear the war was not matched by the commitment to communicate it through the new medium. The conflicts in Korea and Vietnam were formative episodes in the history of war reporting as they witnessed the establishment of the visual media and the growth of a more critical culture of war journalism. The Korean War broke out in June 1950 when North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel. The Korean War press corps illustrated an ever-increasing number of reporters going to war. The ability and experience of war correspondents in Korea and Vietnam was subject to criticism from the military. Despite the technical limitations in delivering pictures and sound and the inhibitions posed by censorship and security considerations, TV in Korea contributed to war reporting.
