IT, media and telecommunications in
the Republic of Korea

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Censorship in South Korea
From Eric Lee, 22 October 1997. The Social Information Networking Group (SING) in Korea seeks support in its opposition to the government's banning of access to Geocities, which among its million sites are those of some labor groups opposed to the government.
Live chat at LaborMedia 97 in Seoul
From Eric Lee, 4 November 1997. Announcement of a labor conference on media to be held from 10 November.
Plans made for Korean labournet
From LabourNet, 16 November 1997. A number of Korean computer communications organisations attending the Labor Media ’97 conference on 10-12 November in Seoul agreed to co-ordinate their efforts towards developing a Korean labournet which would link to labour web sites internationally and would relay labour news into and out of Korea.
Historic Seoul Labor Media Conference Held; International Labor Communication Solidarity Growing
By Steve Zeltzer, Producer Labor Video Project, LaborNet-IGC Steering Committee, UPPNET, 6 December 1997. On October 10-12 in Seoul, South Korea, labor video, computer, media and labor teachers from around the world met to hold an labor telecommunications conference. The combination of the computer/communication revolution with the development of an independent labor movement in Korea has led to some historic firsts.
Korean labour website under attack
From JinboNet/NodongNet, 11 April 2000. JinboNet (Korean Progressive Network) and NodongNet (Labornet in South Korea) protest against application for a provisional injunction of the Anti-POSCO Homepage (http://antiposco.nodong.net) by Pohang Iron & Steel Co.Ltd.(POSCO). POSCO asserts that the design of Anti-POSCO homepage violates the copyright of its own homepage.
Internet Changed Culture of S. Korean Vote
By Doug Struck, The Washington Post, Saturday, April 15, 2000. The Internet emerged in Thursday’s South Korean parliamentary elections as a powerful political tool that will affect how future elections are run here and perhaps elsewhere in Asia.
Online ‘news guerillas’ shaking up Seoul media
The Straits Times, 26 October 2000. The online news media often beat major newspapers and broadcasting companies to stories which the mainstream media miss. Launched in February, OhmyNews has emerged as a front-runner among the Internet news providers in South Korea. South Korea has become an Internet haven with one of the highest rates of use in the world, but there is no whistle-blower against on-line disinformation.
The Korean situation of Online Censorship becomes more dangerous
From JinboNet, 27 June 2001. The government will announce the enforcement ordinance related to Internet content rating system and prohibition of online demonstration. So we are now gathering and organizing international solidarity.