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South Korea Aims to Regulate Bloggers Getting Paid by Companies

Written byLee Yoo Eun

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Posted 14 July 2011 10:15 GMT

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has decided to regulate incentives given to influential bloggers who write favorable reviews for companies. Francis Tan of the Next Web site commented on the purpose of the regulation and its possible side effects.


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