Internet Portal Temporarily Bans Web Comments on Entertainment News to Stem Defamation

SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Daum, South Korea’s second-largest internet portal, will temporarily close down comment fields on its entertainment news site in a drastic move designed to crack down on online expressions of defamation and hatred, the portal’s operator said Friday. Yeo Min-soo and Joh Su-yong, co-chief executives of Kakao Corp., which has [...]