[The Chosun Ilbo, August 21 2008] Web Portals To Be Fined W30 Mln for Defamatory Posts

Web portals will be fined up to W30 million unless they remove articles from sites at the request of a defamation victim. The Korea Communications Commission on Wednesday said it will revise the Act on Promotion of Utilization of Information and Communication Network and Data Protection to that effect.