SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Yu Gwan-sun, the South Korean independence fighter responsible for organizing the March 1 Independence Movement against Japanese colonial rule, was added to the Russian version of Wikipedia last Friday. The entry contained detailed information about the national hero, including her life as an independence activist, her trials, and her [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A big data analysis has showed that a select few can easily dominate public opinion. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) announced on Wednesday that it had verified the regularities surrounding the formation of collective intelligence by studying the development process of online encyclopedias, journals, and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean man was sentenced to 4 million won (US$3,564) in fines on Friday for writing in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia early this year that then leading presidential candidate Moon Jae-in is a North Korean politician. The 53-year-old head of a software development firm, identified by his surname [...]