The online journalism has brought a lot of changes not only to journalism itself but also to the NEC’s activities advocating the conveyance of reliable election news to voters. Due to the spreading rate of information on the Internet, the mutual-assistance with the online press interested is necessary to carry out the NEC’s responsibility to the fullest. 

As the 5^th Nationwide Local Elections is nearing, the NEC hosted a signing ceremony of agreement for the clean online election culture with online journalism associations and companies on April 21, 2010. In the ceremony, ten representatives of online journalism associations and online portal companies attended. The NEC entered into an agreement with them about the following cooperation for: 1) objective and impartial reporting on platforms of parties and candidates, 2) proper action to unlawful notices and information related to elections and 3) creating sound cyber election culture to encourage netizens’ political participation. 

The agreement has come into effect from April 21, 2010 and will play a leading part to host transparent local elections on coming June. The NEC will make a greater effort to support delivering fair election news through the Internet to guarantee voters’ right to know.