I refer to numerous media reports and academic papers to write new articles. In addition, in the military field of Korea, which I often deal with on Wikipedia, I try to exclude sources from Western media such as the United States and Europe as much as possible, and the reasons are as follows.
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First, Western media often provide groundless inaccurate information without minimal investigation. (This is one of the most important reasons why I work on English Wikipedia, not Korean Wikipedia.)
Secondly, there are often articles on topics dealing with Asia and Korea from a biased perspective in the Western world. This trend became more pronounced after the COVID-19 pandemic, and you can find the reason in the social science thesis materials below.
social science papers: Anti-Asian Hate Crime During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring Racism on Political Discourse and Racialized Social Control in the United States
social science papers: Anti-Asian Hate in the Wake of COVID-19: Discrimination against Asian Population and Social Movement in Germany)
Third, the U.S. and European media are still ignorant of South Korea, including North Korea. (If you're a journalist, you can get enough information if you sit at your desk and browse Wikipedia for a few minutes.)
However, this should not be taken to mean that I absolutely dislike the sources of Western media. I still focus on making reliable articles by cross-verifying various sources of Korean and Western media.