Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2010 June 09

9 June 2010

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Stories from 9 June 2010

China: Ongoing online ‘jihad' against Korean pop fans

Following a stampede outside a Korean boy band concert at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai, an ongoing culture war between China's devoted K-pop fans and their equally crazed World of Warcraft gamer counterparts has broken out in a fresh online skirmish.

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Bolivia: The Cost of Internet Domains

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

In Bolivia, the cost to obtain a country-specific internet domain has been seen as too expensive. Some bloggers and twitterers have expressed their concern on the Facebook page of the state institution administering the domains, and carried over their campaign to their blogs and Twitter accounts.

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Japan: Threatened theaters decline to screen “The Cove”

Written by Scilla Alecci · East Asia

Following threatening calls and protest by right-wing activists, some theaters decided to pull "The Cove". Bloggers discuss the pros and cons of screening the documentary in the country, where it was filmed.

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South Korea: 3D World Cup Broadcast and the Square

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · East Asia

Controversy arose when big corporates have appropriated the public space of the Seoul City Hall Square for World Cup related commercial activities. Some citizens decide to substitute the real life World Cup experience in virtual 3-D theaters.

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Ecuador: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Visits Ecuador

Written by Milton Ramirez · Latin America

U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Ecuador on June 8, where she met with president Rafael Correa to discuss various issues. Twitter users commented on Clinton's visit, reflecting a whole array of sentiments towards the United States and its relationship with Ecuador.

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Philippines: Congress Fails to Pass Freedom of Information Bill

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

The Philippine Congress last session was marked by its failure to pass the Freedom of Information Bill, a landmark measure that will enforce a policy of disclosure to government transactions. Bloggers react

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Updates from 9 June 2010

Russia

Maxim Sviridenkov posts the recording of the coversation with Vladimir Savchenko [RUS], father of one of the members of the Primorsky krai [EN] partisan group. The “Partisans” were claimed to be a nationalist cop-killing gang [EN], although Savchenko says they “went to the woods” because of the police corruption and outrage.

• Alexey Sidorenko

Mali

In Mali, the World Cup provides a great business opportunity for television repairmen. Boukary Konate, blogging at Fasokan, interviews [Fr] two of them in Korofina, a district of Bamako.

• Suzanne Lehn

Costa Rica

The blog Fusil [es] posted a YouTube video [es] where Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla talks about her efforts to communicate with the citizenry. As Fusil explains, she will respond via YouTube to questions asked on Google Moderator through Pregúntele a la Presidenta [es] (Ask the President). Users will select what they consider the most important question and Chichilla will answer the top 3 questions based on those votes.

• Silvia Viñas

Russia

Bloggers Igor Podgorny [RUS] and bb-mos [RUS] post pictures of the street action to protect a historic oak forest north of Moscow. Legally protected Khimki Forest Park is endangered to be completely replaced due to the construction of the new Moscow-St.Petersburg highway [EN].

• Alexey Sidorenko

Rwanda

Editions Sources du Nil has been posting several updates about the arrest of US citizen Peter Erlinder on May 28th, charged with denial of genocide (fr). They report that his detention has been prolonged and that he seems to be weakened since his arrest (fr).

• Lova Rakotomalala

Jamaica

What does it mean to be a Caribbean-American? Diaspora blogger Geoffrey Philp asks someone who knows.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

While the Cuban government and the Catholic Church engage in talks, Without Evasion says any developments “are absolutely insufficient and extremely slow with respect to the ultimate objective of the civic resistance of The Ladies in White and Guillermo Fariñas: their definitive liberation.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco