state also encourages Korean Web site operators to engage in a self-rating system, and
requires ISPs and other Internet access facilities,
such as cybercafés and schools, to self-police
for content deemed harmful to youths. Despite
reports that the South Korean government has
considered discontinuing its filtering of pro–North
Korean Web sites, 45 ONI’s testing indicated that
the government still filters a large amount of content related to North Korea, as well as a handful
of Web sites devoted to gambling and pirated
software.
NOTES
1. BBC Online, Country Profile: South Korea, November
10, 2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/
country_profiles/1123668.stm#media.
2. See Time, “North, South Korea to restart talks,”
February 15, 2007, http://www.time.com/time/
world/article/0,8599,1590185,00.html.
3. See, for example, Asian Human Rights Commission,
“South Korea: Seven activists detained and charged
with violating the National Security Law,” August 31,
2001, http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/
2001/160/.
4. Amnesty International, Republic of Korea (South
Korea): Time to Reform the National Security Law,
February 1, 1999, http://web.amnesty.org/library/
Index/ENGASA250031999?open&of=ENG-KOR.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. See Human Rights Watch, South Korea: Events of
2006, in World Report 2007, http://hrw.org/
englishwr2k7/docs/2007/01/11/skorea14758.htm.
8. Cho Chung-un, “Kang case rekindles debate on
National Security Law,” Korea Herald, October 17,
2005, http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?
parentid=31651.
9. See Amnesty International Australia, “South Korea:
Moving forward on human rights,” February 12, 2007,
http://www.amnesty.org.au/Act_now/campaigns/
asia_pacific/features/south_korea_moving_forward_
on_human_rights.
10. International Telecommunication Union, World
Telecommunication Indicators 2006.
11. See Kristin Kalning, “Forget reality TV. In Korea,
online gaming is it,” MSNBC.com, February 21,
2007, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17175353/.
12. See South Korea Internet Statistics Information
System, http://isis.nida.or.kr/.
13. Ibid.
14. Paul Budde Communications Pty Ltd., Asia:
Broadband: Market Overview, 2006, p. 12.
15. See Kristin Kalning, “Forget reality TV. In Korea,
online gaming is it,” MSNBC.com, February 21,
2007, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17175353/.
16. Paul Budde Communications Pty Ltd., South Korea:
Key Statistics, Telecom Market Overview & Analysis –
2005, 2006, p. 1.
17. Paul Budde Communications Pty Ltd., South Korea:
Broadband Market: Overview & Statistics, 2006, pp.
1–2.
18. See, for example, Kim Tae-Gyu, “Is Google
becoming victim of its own success? Strong search
capability allegedly used for identity theft, porn site
harvesting,” Korea Times, July 27, 2006,
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200607/
kt2006072718493610230.htm.
19. See, for example, Cho Jin-So, “Korea: Online music
sharing flourishes,” Korea Times, August 29, 2006,
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?
parentid=51923.
20. See http://ohmynews.com; see also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OhmyNews; Christopher
M. Schroeder, “Is this the future of journalism?”
Newsweek, June 18, 2004, http://www.msnbc.msn.
com/id/5240584/site/newsweek/.
21. See Christopher M. Schroeder, “Is this the future of
Journalism?” Newsweek, June 18, 2004,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5240584/site/
newsweek/.
22. The Washington Post, “South Korea weighs allowing
once-taboo support for the North,” November 22,
2004, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
articles/A2477-2004Nov21.html.
23. John Kie-chiang Oh, Korean Politics: The Quest for
Democratization and Economic Development, pp.
36–7, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press
(1999).
24. National Security Law of South Korea, Article 7,
(unofficial English translation at http://www.kimsoft.com/
Korea/nsl-en.htm).
25. See, for example, Sandra Coliver, Paul Hoffman,
Joan Fitzpatrick and Stephen Bowen, eds., Secrecy
and Liberty: National Security, Freedom of
Expression and Access to Information, pp. 420–23,
The Hague and Boston : M. Nijhoff Publishers
(1999).
26. See Nart Villeneuve, The Filtering Matrix: Integrated
Mechanisms of Information Control and the
Demarcation of Borders in Cyberspace, January
2006, available at http://www.firstmonday.org/
issues/issue11_1/villeneuve/.
27. Korea Herald, “A nation-splitting law,” September 8,
2004, http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?
parentid=14429.
28. Ibid.
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373
requires ISPs and other Internet access facilities,
such as cybercafés and schools, to self-police
for content deemed harmful to youths. Despite
reports that the South Korean government has
considered discontinuing its filtering of pro–North
Korean Web sites, 45 ONI’s testing indicated that
the government still filters a large amount of content related to North Korea, as well as a handful
of Web sites devoted to gambling and pirated
software.
NOTES
1. BBC Online, Country Profile: South Korea, November
10, 2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/
country_profiles/1123668.stm#media.
2. See Time, “North, South Korea to restart talks,”
February 15, 2007, http://www.time.com/time/
world/article/0,8599,1590185,00.html.
3. See, for example, Asian Human Rights Commission,
“South Korea: Seven activists detained and charged
with violating the National Security Law,” August 31,
2001, http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/
2001/160/.
4. Amnesty International, Republic of Korea (South
Korea): Time to Reform the National Security Law,
February 1, 1999, http://web.amnesty.org/library/
Index/ENGASA250031999?open&of=ENG-KOR.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. See Human Rights Watch, South Korea: Events of
2006, in World Report 2007, http://hrw.org/
englishwr2k7/docs/2007/01/11/skorea14758.htm.
8. Cho Chung-un, “Kang case rekindles debate on
National Security Law,” Korea Herald, October 17,
2005, http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?
parentid=31651.
9. See Amnesty International Australia, “South Korea:
Moving forward on human rights,” February 12, 2007,
http://www.amnesty.org.au/Act_now/campaigns/
asia_pacific/features/south_korea_moving_forward_
on_human_rights.
10. International Telecommunication Union, World
Telecommunication Indicators 2006.
11. See Kristin Kalning, “Forget reality TV. In Korea,
online gaming is it,” MSNBC.com, February 21,
2007, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17175353/.
12. See South Korea Internet Statistics Information
System, http://isis.nida.or.kr/.
13. Ibid.
14. Paul Budde Communications Pty Ltd., Asia:
Broadband: Market Overview, 2006, p. 12.
15. See Kristin Kalning, “Forget reality TV. In Korea,
online gaming is it,” MSNBC.com, February 21,
2007, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17175353/.
16. Paul Budde Communications Pty Ltd., South Korea:
Key Statistics, Telecom Market Overview & Analysis –
2005, 2006, p. 1.
17. Paul Budde Communications Pty Ltd., South Korea:
Broadband Market: Overview & Statistics, 2006, pp.
1–2.
18. See, for example, Kim Tae-Gyu, “Is Google
becoming victim of its own success? Strong search
capability allegedly used for identity theft, porn site
harvesting,” Korea Times, July 27, 2006,
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200607/
kt2006072718493610230.htm.
19. See, for example, Cho Jin-So, “Korea: Online music
sharing flourishes,” Korea Times, August 29, 2006,
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?
parentid=51923.
20. See http://ohmynews.com; see also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OhmyNews; Christopher
M. Schroeder, “Is this the future of journalism?”
Newsweek, June 18, 2004, http://www.msnbc.msn.
com/id/5240584/site/newsweek/.
21. See Christopher M. Schroeder, “Is this the future of
Journalism?” Newsweek, June 18, 2004,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5240584/site/
newsweek/.
22. The Washington Post, “South Korea weighs allowing
once-taboo support for the North,” November 22,
2004, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
articles/A2477-2004Nov21.html.
23. John Kie-chiang Oh, Korean Politics: The Quest for
Democratization and Economic Development, pp.
36–7, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press
(1999).
24. National Security Law of South Korea, Article 7,
(unofficial English translation at http://www.kimsoft.com/
Korea/nsl-en.htm).
25. See, for example, Sandra Coliver, Paul Hoffman,
Joan Fitzpatrick and Stephen Bowen, eds., Secrecy
and Liberty: National Security, Freedom of
Expression and Access to Information, pp. 420–23,
The Hague and Boston : M. Nijhoff Publishers
(1999).
26. See Nart Villeneuve, The Filtering Matrix: Integrated
Mechanisms of Information Control and the
Demarcation of Borders in Cyberspace, January
2006, available at http://www.firstmonday.org/
issues/issue11_1/villeneuve/.
27. Korea Herald, “A nation-splitting law,” September 8,
2004, http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?
parentid=14429.
28. Ibid.
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373