Comments on: Korea: Role of the National Election Commission for the Coming Presidential Election http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-coming-presidential-election/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:05:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Netizen Journalism and the New News » Blog Archive » Netizens censored in South Korean Presidential election http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-coming-presidential-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1243008 Netizen Journalism and the New News » Blog Archive » Netizens censored in South Korean Presidential election Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:05:23 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-coming-presidential-election/#comment-1243008 [...] 9. Hyejin Kim, Korea: Role of the National Election Commission for the Coming Presidential Election, Globalvoicesonline,  November 13th, 2007 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-... [...] [...] 9. Hyejin Kim, Korea: Role of the National Election Commission for the Coming Presidential Election, Globalvoicesonline,  November 13th, 2007 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-... [...]

]]> By: ZenKimchi http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-coming-presidential-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1210474 ZenKimchi Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:20:32 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-coming-presidential-election/#comment-1210474 The netizen's conversation with the NEC sounds familiar. I asked similar questions when I posted factual public information about my court case against my former employer to show other people the process of going through getting unpaid wages and severance (a common practice by Korean private institutes). I was put under CRIMINAL investigation for violating libel laws. When being interrogated at the police station, I asked similar questions, and they gave back the same answers, including the Google one. By the way, South Korea is one of the few democracies left with criminal libel still on the books and actively enforced, which I'm sure is the root of the NEC tactics. The netizen’s conversation with the NEC sounds familiar. I asked similar questions when I posted factual public information about my court case against my former employer to show other people the process of going through getting unpaid wages and severance (a common practice by Korean private institutes).

I was put under CRIMINAL investigation for violating libel laws. When being interrogated at the police station, I asked similar questions, and they gave back the same answers, including the Google one.

By the way, South Korea is one of the few democracies left with criminal libel still on the books and actively enforced, which I’m sure is the root of the NEC tactics.

]]> By: The Marmot’s Hole » Censoring Korean Public Opinion — Freedom Is Not Free? http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-coming-presidential-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1210431 The Marmot’s Hole » Censoring Korean Public Opinion — Freedom Is Not Free? Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:08:46 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-coming-presidential-election/#comment-1210431 [...] Hye-jin has an interesting thread on the National Election Commission (NEC) in Korea and their attempts to censo....  According to some, this smacks of dictatorship (link to the Korean): Frankly speaking, it is [...] [...] Hye-jin has an interesting thread on the National Election Commission (NEC) in Korea and their attempts to censo….  According to some, this smacks of dictatorship (link to the Korean): Frankly speaking, it is [...]

]]> By: mahathir_fan http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-coming-presidential-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1206823 mahathir_fan Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:12:20 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-coming-presidential-election/#comment-1206823 No, the reason the internet cannot be used is because it can be used to spread short term rumours that would harm a person's chances at an election. While rumours eventually evaporate, it may be too late for the candidate to salvage his chances. No, the reason the internet cannot be used is because it can be used to spread short term rumours that would harm a person’s chances at an election. While rumours eventually evaporate, it may be too late for the candidate to salvage his chances.

]]> By: adam http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-coming-presidential-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1206002 adam Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:41:01 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/13/korea-role-of-the-national-election-commission-for-the-coming-presidential-election/#comment-1206002 Wow, isn't the role of an electoral commission to uphold democracy rather than spit in the face of it? South Korea's slipping back into dictatorship it seems. Wow, isn’t the role of an electoral commission to uphold democracy rather than spit in the face of it? South Korea’s slipping back into dictatorship it seems.

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