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Watch, "Retreat from Reform: Labor Rights and Freedom of Expression in South Korea," Novem-
ber 1, 1990, http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/1990/11/01/retreat-reform; Brad Adams, "South
Korea Should Act Like It Knows," Human Rights Watch, April 13, 2006, http://www.hrw.org/en/
news/2006/04/12/south-korea-should-act-it-knows; Brad Adams, "South Korea: Defend Human
Rights," Human Rights Watch, January 15, 2008, http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/01/22/
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27. National Security Law, Article 7(1). Unofficial English translation is available at: http://www
.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55a/205.html.
28. The standard of harm in the Enforcement Decree of the Juvenile Protection Act (JPA) was
developed from "criteria for deliberation of media materials harmful to juveniles," which include
provocative, obscene, antisocial, violent, or unethical materials that may harmfully affect youths'
mental and physical health. See http://www.ccourt.go.kr/home/english/decisions/mgr_decision
_view.jsp?seq=224&code=1.
29. Adams, "South Korea: Defend Human Rights."
30. Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information
Protection (2001), Article 42.
31. Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information
Protection (2001), Article 42; Korea Herald, "45 Websites Violate Youth Law," March 31,
2009.
32. Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC), http://www.singo.or.kr/eng/01
_introduction/introduction.php.
33. KISCOM's mandate was originally established through the creation of the ICEC in 1995. See
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/Legislation/Korea/BusinessAct.htm.
34. KCSC, "Chronology," http://www.icec.or.kr/eng/01_About/Chronology.php.
35. Telecommunications Business Act (1995), Law 4903, Article 53-2, January 5, 1995, http://
www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/Legislation/Korea/BusinessAct.htm.
36. Ibid.
37. For an explanation of the reporting process of suspected illegal content, see KCSC, "Report
Process," http://www.singo.or.kr/eng/02_report/Process.php.
38. KCSC, "Committees," http://www.icec.or.kr/eng/02_Operation/Committees.php.
39. KCSC, "Subject of Report," http://www.singo.or.kr/eng/02_report/Subject_Report.php;
Reporters Without Borders, South Korea-2004 Annual Report (2004), http://en.rsf.org/report
-south-korea,59.html.
40. "Decisions of the Korean Constitutional Court, Opinion 14-1 KCCR 616, 99Hun-Ma480,"
June 27, 2002, http://english.ccourt.go.kr/home/english/decisions/mgr_decision_view.jsp?seq=
224&code=1&pg=1&sch_code=&sch_sel=sch_content&sch_txt=99Hun-Ma480&nScale=15.View entire presentation