29. Telecommunications Business Act of the Republic of
Korea, Article 53.
30. See Public Official Election Act of the Republic of
Korea, Articles 8-5, 8-6, 272-3, English translation
available at http://www.nec.go.kr/english/res/
Public_Official_Election.pdf.
31. See Korea Internet Safety Commission Web site,
http://www.icec.or.kr/.
32. Ibid.
33. Ibid.
34. Ibid; see also 2600 News, “Internet censorship in
South Korea,” June 5, 2002, http://www.2600.com/
news/view/article/1184.
35. Electronic Frontiers Australia, Internet Censorship:
Law & Policy Around the World, 2002,
http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Censor/cens3.html#sk.
36. See, for example, http://web.skku.edu/~sktimes/
251/society.html.
37. See Youth Protection Committee Web site (in
Korean), http://youth.go.kr/.
38. See Korea Times, “Teenagers to be blocked from
cyber pornography,” August 19, 2004,
http://search.hankooki.com/times/times_view.php?
term=cyber+pornography++&path=hankooki3/
times/lpage/tech/200408/kt2004081918161611810.
htm&media=kt.
39. See Han Chae-yun and Yi Huso, Sungkyun Times,
“On-again and off-again: Korean on/off-line
LGBTQ/Iban community blocked,” September 2002,
http://web.skku.edu/~sktimes/251/society.html;
http://www.gaylawnet.com/news/2002/ce02.htm.
40. Ibid.
41. Chosun.com, “Homosexual Web site ruled constitutional,” December 22, 2003, http://english.chosun.
com/w21data/html/news/200312/200312220010.
html.
42. See Homosexuality Removed from Classification
of “Harmful and Obscene” in Youth Protection Law,
Sodomy Laws, April 22, 2003, http://www.sodomy
laws.org/world/south_korea/sknews001.htm.
43. See, for example, Reporters Without Borders,
“Internet under surveillance,” at http://www.rsf.org/
article.php3?id_article=7248.
44. The blocked pro–North Korea sites on ONI’s testing
list include: http://osaka.korea-htr.com/koreakokoku.
html, http://www.baekdoonet.has.it/,
http://www.bommin.net/,
http://www.chongryon.com/index.html,
http://www.cnet-ta.ne.jp/juche/defaulte.htm,
http://www.dprk-book.com/,
http://www.dprk-stamp.com/, http://www.jpth.net/,
http://www.kancc.org/, http://www.kcckp.net/,
http://www.kcna.co.jp/, http://www.korea-dpr.com/,
http://www.korea-np.co.jp/main/main.aspx,
http://www.krbook.net/index-k.htm,
http://www.krsrt.com/, http://www.minjok.com/,
http://www.ournation-school.com/,
http://www.silibank.com/silibank/korea/,
http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/, and
http://www.worldcorea.net/.
45. See, for example, Chosun.com, “S. Korea to lift ban
on pro–North Korean Web sites,” January 5, 2005,
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/
200501/200501050015.html.
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Korea, Article 53.
30. See Public Official Election Act of the Republic of
Korea, Articles 8-5, 8-6, 272-3, English translation
available at http://www.nec.go.kr/english/res/
Public_Official_Election.pdf.
31. See Korea Internet Safety Commission Web site,
http://www.icec.or.kr/.
32. Ibid.
33. Ibid.
34. Ibid; see also 2600 News, “Internet censorship in
South Korea,” June 5, 2002, http://www.2600.com/
news/view/article/1184.
35. Electronic Frontiers Australia, Internet Censorship:
Law & Policy Around the World, 2002,
http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Censor/cens3.html#sk.
36. See, for example, http://web.skku.edu/~sktimes/
251/society.html.
37. See Youth Protection Committee Web site (in
Korean), http://youth.go.kr/.
38. See Korea Times, “Teenagers to be blocked from
cyber pornography,” August 19, 2004,
http://search.hankooki.com/times/times_view.php?
term=cyber+pornography++&path=hankooki3/
times/lpage/tech/200408/kt2004081918161611810.
htm&media=kt.
39. See Han Chae-yun and Yi Huso, Sungkyun Times,
“On-again and off-again: Korean on/off-line
LGBTQ/Iban community blocked,” September 2002,
http://web.skku.edu/~sktimes/251/society.html;
http://www.gaylawnet.com/news/2002/ce02.htm.
40. Ibid.
41. Chosun.com, “Homosexual Web site ruled constitutional,” December 22, 2003, http://english.chosun.
com/w21data/html/news/200312/200312220010.
html.
42. See Homosexuality Removed from Classification
of “Harmful and Obscene” in Youth Protection Law,
Sodomy Laws, April 22, 2003, http://www.sodomy
laws.org/world/south_korea/sknews001.htm.
43. See, for example, Reporters Without Borders,
“Internet under surveillance,” at http://www.rsf.org/
article.php3?id_article=7248.
44. The blocked pro–North Korea sites on ONI’s testing
list include: http://osaka.korea-htr.com/koreakokoku.
html, http://www.baekdoonet.has.it/,
http://www.bommin.net/,
http://www.chongryon.com/index.html,
http://www.cnet-ta.ne.jp/juche/defaulte.htm,
http://www.dprk-book.com/,
http://www.dprk-stamp.com/, http://www.jpth.net/,
http://www.kancc.org/, http://www.kcckp.net/,
http://www.kcna.co.jp/, http://www.korea-dpr.com/,
http://www.korea-np.co.jp/main/main.aspx,
http://www.krbook.net/index-k.htm,
http://www.krsrt.com/, http://www.minjok.com/,
http://www.ournation-school.com/,
http://www.silibank.com/silibank/korea/,
http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/, and
http://www.worldcorea.net/.
45. See, for example, Chosun.com, “S. Korea to lift ban
on pro–North Korean Web sites,” January 5, 2005,
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/
200501/200501050015.html.
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