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intriguing reports about
source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_skorea_blogger_arrested
see also for other details on the case:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-korea-minerva16-2009jan16,0,5129219.story
What amazes me is that, when a little known unemployed (self-taught) guy who doesn't even have a uni degree can cause so much stir because he made a few accurate predictions...
I guess if your job is an economist, then you better not make any accurate predictions eh?
Is this internet censorship gone made? I know it happens a lot in places like China, BUT this does not supposed to happen in the rest of the "free world", or does it?
I hope I won't get arrested just by posting this.
A popular South Korean blogger arrested on accusations of posting false economic information on the Internet has been denied bail, his lawyer said Friday.
The 31-year-old blogger, who went by the handle "Minerva" after the Greek goddess of wisdom, rocketed to fame in South Korea for his startlingly accurate predictions about the economy, including the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
But prosecutors said he went too far in saying on an online discussion site that the government had banned major financial institutions and trade businesses from purchasing U.S. dollars in an apparent move to shore up the local currency, calling it inaccurate information that disrupted the foreign exchange market.
His arrest last week ignited a debate about freedom of speech in cyberspace in South Korea, one of the world's most wired and tech-savvy nations.
source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_skorea_blogger_arrested
see also for other details on the case:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-korea-minerva16-2009jan16,0,5129219.story
What amazes me is that, when a little known unemployed (self-taught) guy who doesn't even have a uni degree can cause so much stir because he made a few accurate predictions...
I guess if your job is an economist, then you better not make any accurate predictions eh?
Is this internet censorship gone made? I know it happens a lot in places like China, BUT this does not supposed to happen in the rest of the "free world", or does it?
I hope I won't get arrested just by posting this.
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