Lerro wrote:Arumdaum wrote:Agh, read it wrong.
And wrong. Check the sentence before that. '
Even so, it still restricts the situation of democracy and human rights in SK, even if governments elected through democratic means haven't repealed it yet.
It doesn't restrict free elections. Perhaps there are some people unfairly prosecuted as Nork agents, but overall human rights in South Korea are safeguarded.
The fact that the Uri Party was a majority and still failed indicates a lack of public outrage over the law.
It does restrict free elections. Communists and supporters of North Korea are unable to vote for their interests.
In November 2010, a woman was sentenced to two years in prison for the possession of MP3s of instrumental music, on the grounds that the titles constituted praise of North Korea, notwithstanding the actual music's lack of lyrics.[15]
^ Totally a Nork agent, amirite?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has criticized the Korea Communications Standards Commission for proposing censorship of the blog of an internet free speech activist.[7][8]
^ Another Nork agent, right?
In 2007, numerous bloggers were censored, arrested, and their posts deleted by police for expressing criticism of, or even support for, certain presidential candidates.[11] Subsequently in 2008, just before a new presidential election, new legislation that required all major internet portal sites to require identity verification of their users was put into effect.[12]
^ All just a bunch of Nork agents.
On February 15th 2011, a university professor in Handong Global University was penalized for criticizing Lee Myung-bak and the university chancellor.[4]
^ Oh no! NK agents have infiltrated SK's universities!
In September 2007, Democratic Labor Party activist Kim Kang-pil was sentenced to one year in prison for discussing North Korea on the party's website.[3]
Let's also not forget the previous ban on Japanese cultural products as well which lasted until 2004.