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blogs. However, the NEC has stated that "there is small chance that citizens will face legal charges
for posting their opinion as they will be viewed flexibly in actual crackdowns." See Shin Hae-in,
"Korea: Controversy Mounts over Ban on Internet Election," Korea Herald, June 25, 2007, http://
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/print.asp?parentid=72445.
78. Wallace, "Emotions Don't Reach S. Korea Voters."
79. Yoo Jae-il, Sohn Byung-kwon, et al., 'The 18 Political Scientists' Participatory Observation of
the 18th Korean National Assembly Election in 2008," Purungil.
80. Shin Hae-in, "Korea: Controversy Mounts."
81. "Times Topics-he Cheonan (Ship)," New York Times, May 20, 2010, http://topics.nytimes
.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/cheonan_ship/index.html.
82. Christian Oliver, "South Koreans Fear Unmasking of Online Critics," Financial Times, July 8,
2010, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/af902db6-8aac-11df-8e17-00144feab49a.html.
83. Bae Ji-sook, "Government Warns against 'Groundless Rumors,"" Korea Times, May 20, 2010,
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/05/117_66222.html.
84. Christian Oliver and Kang Buseong, "Seoul Turns to Twitter to Combat Skeptics," Financial
Times, May 31, 2010.
85. Jung Sung-ki, "Military Leaders Warn of NK Cyber Attack," Korea Times, June 8, 2010, http://
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/06/113_67314.html.
86. Bae Ji-sook, "Prosecution Investigates Groundless Rumormongers," Korea Times, November
24, 2010, http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/11/117_76912.html.
87. Lee Tae-hoon, "Censorship on Pro-NK Websites Tight," Korea Times, September 9, 2010,
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/09/113_72788.html.
88. Constitution of the Republic of Korea, Articles 17-18, http://english.ccourt.go.kr/home/
att_file/download/Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_korea.pdf.
89. Soon Chul Huh, "Invasion of Privacy v. Commercial Speech: Regulation of Spam with a
Comparative Constitutional Point of View," Albany Law Review, 2006, 70 Alb. L. Rev. 181.
90. 96 Da 42789 (S. Korea 1998).
91. Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Informa-
tion Protection, Articles 22-24.
92. Winston Chai, "Real User IDs on Chat Groups: Korean Govt," ZDNet Asia, May 23, 2003,
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93. Choe Sang-Hun, "Web Rumors Tied to Korean Actress's Suicide," New York Times, October 2,
2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/asia/03actress.html.
94. Public Official Election Law, Article 82-6.View entire presentation