[Korea.net News, Society, October 4 2007] Real-name scheme conducive to cutting cyber slandering: poll

The Korean government's efforts to cut down cyber slandering are having an impact in reducing malicious rumor mongering on Internet bulletin boards, a survey showed Thursday (Oct. 4).

According to the survey commissioned by the Ministry of Information and Communication, malicious comments on the nation's major cyber bulletin boards accounted for an average of 13.9 percent of the opinions posted on the sites, down 1.9 percent from May.