S. Korea beats China to the punch in limiting Internet free-speech

Posted on April 2, 2009 by sleepingcow

The Washington Post cites an article in the Hankyoreh about Google’s plans to accept South Korea’s real name system for Internet users.
If Google complies, it would mark the first time that the company has required visitors to its sites to enter such information, and it could set a precedent for how Google reacts in other [...]

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Teen sued by lawyer over video game committs suicide

Posted on January 20, 2009 by sleepingcow

An article in the JoongAng about a dirtbag lawyer who sued a teen for insulting him over an on-line gaming forum, claiming the comments were a violation of the telecommunications law – ala Minerva.
“I was wakened by the sound of something falling with a thud outside. I went out to see what was going on [...]

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Thoughts on Korean politics, language, the weather

Posted on January 16, 2009 by sleepingcow

As Seoul’s first snow this winter is already turning black, I find myself pondering the quirks of a language I have resolved — again — to learn.
I’m essentially at a very rudimentary level of Korean, which allows for basic communication with a lot of umms and ahhs and jerky hand gestures thrown in for emphasis. [...]

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NK killing reveals a SK still at war

Posted on July 14, 2008 by sleepingcow

Today’s Korea Times reports that the shooting death of a South Korean tourist in NK on July 12th has revealed a breakdown in communications between the leaders of the two Koreas. The report noted a direct line between the two leaders set up during the Kim Dae Jung administration in 2000 as part of it’s Sunshine Policy [...]

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Blogs in Korea

Posted on July 5, 2008 by sleepingcow

The comments I read from non-Koreans about Korea on the blogosphere are ironically very reminiscent of comments made by some earlier Western visitors to Korea in the first part of the 19th century.

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