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China Restores Access to S. Korea’s Largest Online Search Portal

SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Access to Naver, South Korea’s largest online search portal, was restored in major cities in China on Monday after being banned last Thursday. The reasons behind the recovered access are currently unknown. Beijing, Shanghai, and other major cities in China regained limited access to Naver Monday morning. By noon, [...]

South Korea Bans Access to Porn Sites

SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy is rising among South Korean adults after South Korea’s Korea Communications Commission (KCC) decided to come up with stricter measures to block online pornography and gambling. The decision comes in the midst of a societal crisis in South Korea in which illegal pictures of women are being distributed [...]