AsiaMedia :: KOREA: Cyber abuse gets worse in highly wired South Korea

AsiaMedia :: KOREA: Cyber abuse gets worse in highly wired South Korea:

"KOREA: Cyber abuse gets worse in highly wired South Korea Korea Internet Safety Commission issues correction orders for websites posting rumors and slander, warnings on the rise

The Straits Times Thursday,
October 25, 2007
By Lee Tee Jong In Seoul

--- Popular actress Kim Tae Hee was incensed when she returned from spending a month in the United States to find the Internet abuzz with rumours about her. She had gone to do a course in English, but gossiping netizens claimed that she had had an abortion and was about to marry into a wealthy business family. Her agency, Namoo Actors, filed a police report and issued a statement saying: 'We could not endure the idle talk and had to take legal measures to stop the rumours.' Police arrested 11 netizens, who were issued stern warnings before being let off. The number of online mischief-makers has been rising in this highly wired nation where 33 million out of the total population of 48 million have access to high-speed broadband Internet. More individuals with their own websites have also been issued correction orders by the state-run Korea Internet Safety Commission."