» by GI Korea January 12th, 2012 at 7:03 pm » Comments (14)

It looks like Korea's real name system could become a thing of the past: The Korea Communications Commission on Thursday reported its plans for the New Year to President Lee Myung-bak. ...more »

» by GI Korea February 25th, 2011 at 6:26 pm » Comments (13)

South Korea has often been called "The World's Most Wired Country" and it is easy to believe considering how fast the Internet is in Korea and how readily its citizens ...more »

» by GI Korea February 21st, 2011 at 3:26 am » Comments (11)

As I mentioned before, this is why the Chinese government keeps such tight control of the Internet for times like this: Jittery Chinese authorities wary of any domestic dissent staged a ...more »

» by GI Korea January 28th, 2011 at 11:50 pm » Comments (6)

The protests currently going on in Egypt just goes to show why the Chinese government so heavily censors the Internet in their country: About a half-hour past midnight Friday morning in ...more »

» by GI Korea June 5th, 2010 at 9:55 pm » Comments (4)

I can't say this is surprising and maybe this explains ROK Drop commenter and North Korea apologists KoreaTeacher/Rei?: North Korea is stealing ordinary South Korean citizens' identities to open Internet ...more »

» by GI Korea March 22nd, 2010 at 5:01 pm » Comments (0)

It seems that this ruling will make Japan's libel laws for Internet postings similar to what we currently see in Korea: The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals posting comments on ...more »

» by USinKorea June 9th, 2009 at 9:15 pm » Comments (9)

I know before setting foot back in Korea that there are some changes that make life a lot better for expats than when I first taught ESL in 1996-2000:  ...more »

» by GI Korea May 21st, 2009 at 11:22 am » Comments (0)

Could you imagine how many people in the US would be prosecuted if this was considered a crime like it is in Korea?: Police yesterday launched an investigation on four Internet ...more »

» by GI Korea November 4th, 2008 at 12:02 pm » Comments (1)

Here is a high profile critic of the South Korean government's plan to limit anonymous Internet postings: The founder of Wikipedia said the South Korean government efforts to impose rules for ...more »

» by GI Korea September 8th, 2008 at 7:16 am » Comments (5)

The IHT has an article out that explains how the Lee Myung-bak government plans to reign in the Internet smears that nearly brought down his administration during the mad cow ...more »