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[mack4289]

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2877368

"Beginning today [June 28th], writers on public bulletin boards hosted by Korean Web portals will have to enter their resident registration number before posting as part of a one-month test of a new online identity verification system that kicks off next month.
The government says the registration is to prevent defamation, but some are calling the scheme a restriction on basic rights of speech and privacy."

That follows this story, from the May 19th Joong Ang Daily:

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2875723

"Hosts of Internet blogs and interactive Web sites that allow malicious messages to be posted by anonymous users are now liable if personal reputations are harmed as a result of the comments, according to a Seoul Central District Court ruling yesterday that ordered major Korean portal sites to pay 16 million won ($17,000) in damages."

So are the above stories connected to this one from May 14? Maybe if Korea's media laws weren't so strict we could find out.

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2875513

"A question on the �ask anything� section of the Web portal site Naver.com on April 24 drew thousands to their computers.
�Which conglomerate�s son are they talking about that got in a bar brawl with Bukchang-dong bar employees?�
The country�s radio, television stations and newspapers weren�t saying. Largely due to Korea�s strict media laws, the media�s stories that broke that day just described the case as a retaliation beating by an upset �chairman of a big conglomerate.�
The Internet, however, provided all the answers.
Early on, the details of the case could be found quickly. Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn was the conglomerate chairman who allegedly tracked down and assaulted, using his fists and a steel pipe, the people who fought with his son, Dong-won, in a March 8 bar fight."

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[Saxiif]

Won't there be a lot of websites with servers in other countries that can easily avoid this law? For example you don't see us following it and we're in Korea. I'm sure Koreans will do the same.

[thebum]

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