Spells and full houses – and real cash
Although this gets confusing, there’s a distinction in Korean law between online gambling for tokens or “cyber cash” that can be changed into real money ― that’s supposedly forbidden ― […]
Category Archives: ::Cyber Culture::
Life imitates Internet as artist goes offline
The Internet has become so much a part of our daily lives that the fine line between cyberspace and real space is increasingly a squiggle. Internet addiction has become an […]
Online jumps into the real world of hype
Companies doing online business seem to be realizing that the Internet isn’t all about living online ― if you want to engage the interest of warm-blooded customers, it helps to […]
Korea’s first portal to vanish into cyberspace
Ridden with debts and unable to keep up with its competitors, Korea’s oldest Internet portal is on the verge of permanent retirement. Netian.com went offline suddenly on Monday but resumed […]
Web posts banned TV transcript
Excerpts of the transcript of a program on Hwang Woo-suk and stem cells that the Korean Broadcasting System had killed before it was supposed to be shown on public television […]
Video of murder spreads on Web
As feared by the government, several Web sites have posted video files of the murder of Kim Sun-il in Iraq for download. The government has blocked a U.S. site carrying […]
Cyber firewalls planned to dampen public trauma
With public emotion running high following the beheading of Kim Sun-il ― an incident that is fueling rallies to demand a halt to Korea’s troop deployments to Iraq ― the […]
‘Silicon Valleys’ planned for Korea
JoongAng Daily. June 19, 2004 By Chang Se-jeong, Wohn Dong-hee The Korean government is planning to build three Silicon Valleys. The Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development and the Ministry […]
D. Yvette Wohn 