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plato's republic
Joined: 07 Dec 2004
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 Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 3:30 am Post subject: Betting sites blocked? |
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Deja
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:51 am Post subject: |
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Betting and porn sites have been illegal in South Korea for ages - but it is only since Park took office that something was done at higher levels (or at all really...).
I find any censorship to be proof of end of democracy and any sort of free speech. But even Denmark and Finland do some sort of internet filtering  Russia is more free in that regard even.
VPN wise, I can't help you more than to suggest TunnelBear, which many are happy with, since I didn't need them (I had my own back home) |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:51 am Post subject: |
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"I've heard about the porn sites being blocked". Yeah, I heard  about that too. Funny what comes up around the office water cooler.... |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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and yet the news reports a vegas style casino to be opened in Korea right next door to the whoor houses...
(OP, I borrowed one from a site (I get my movies from) that had a small attachment to re-set my trial period when ever it expires). |
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Deja
Joined: 18 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 1:51 am Post subject: |
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Casinos are legal in Korea, at least partially (meaning assuming you can "get" a license).
Online gamling is not. Online gambling is not legal in many, many Western countries also!
The problem is mainly that online gambling is easily untaxed  So, governments revert to other means. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:16 am Post subject: |
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| Deja wrote: |
Casinos are legal in Korea, at least partially (meaning assuming you can "get" a license).
Online gamling is not. Online gambling is not legal in many, many Western countries also!
The problem is mainly that online gambling is easily untaxed So, governments revert to other means. |
I thought gambling was illegal in Korea? When ever i went to the casino in busan, Koreans were not allowed entry? |
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jamesy
Joined: 24 Nov 2005
Location: incheon, korea
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: Betting sites blocked? |
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| plato's republic wrote: |
| Can anyone recommend a good VPN? |
'Expat shield' is reasonable, especially as it's free, but the connection is pretty slow. I used it to stream the Olympics from the BBC iplayer site, and it was fine for the most part. |
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Deja
Joined: 18 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
| Deja wrote: |
Casinos are legal in Korea, at least partially (meaning assuming you can "get" a license).
Online gamling is not. Online gambling is not legal in many, many Western countries also!
The problem is mainly that online gambling is easily untaxed So, governments revert to other means. |
I thought gambling was illegal in Korea? When ever i went to the casino in busan, Koreans were not allowed entry? |
Extreemely regulated, but not illegal:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/04/116_154909.html
Recent example from the board. (no other casinos are open to Koreans!)
And in general: http://www.korealaw.com/sub/information/boardView.asp?brdId=corporate&brdIdx=62 |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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Cheers for clearing that up.
I wondered why it was ok for Koreans to enter the casino in Gangwon but not the hotels. |
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jamesy
Joined: 24 Nov 2005
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I've been to the racetrack and the betting shops (mostly for horse racing) a few times, and they were always rammed. As far as I know, this is the easiest way for Koreans to gamble, if you exclude the lottery. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Im not sure about that, sometimes when I go into a mart away from the city centre, theres some right shady looking shit going on. Everyone looks at you as if youve just dragged dog crap in on your shoes.
Last night, the cashier had a wad of 50's as thick as my wrist which she hid when my friend and I went to buy some snacks. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 2:15 am Post subject: Re: Betting sites blocked? |
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| jamesy wrote: |
| plato's republic wrote: |
| Can anyone recommend a good VPN? |
'Expat shield' is reasonable, especially as it's free, but the connection is pretty slow. I used it to stream the Olympics from the BBC iplayer site, and it was fine for the most part. |
This works fine for using bbc iplayer and doesnt seem to affect the buffer rate at all. Ive also set it up to be the URL on my ipad and now I can watch foreign shows on that too.
https://mediahint.com/
(Im not sure it will help with the police warning though?). |
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