From - Wed Jun 19 18:42:26 1996 Received: from vorlon.mit.edu (VORLON.MIT.EDU [18.238.0.139]) by eff.org (8.6.13/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA16388; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:42:23 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by vorlon.mit.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA27547 for fight-censorship-outgoing; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:39:03 -0400 Received: from po9.andrew.cmu.edu (PO9.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.109]) by vorlon.mit.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA27541 for ; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:38:59 -0400 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po9.andrew.cmu.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA23279 for fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:38:52 -0400 Received: via switchmail for fight-censorship+@andrew.cmu.edu; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:38:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from po3.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:37:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wired.com (get.wired.com [204.62.131.5]) by po3.andrew.cmu.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA04118 for ; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:37:20 -0400 Received: from [204.62.128.229] (dc4mac.wired.com [204.62.128.229]) by wired.com (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA04845; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:36:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Sender: declan@hotwired.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:40:33 -0500 To: sameer@c2.org From: declan@well.com (Declan McCullagh) Subject: Re: south & north korea? Cc: fight-censorship+@andrew.cmu.edu Sender: owner-fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu Precedence: bulk X-URL: http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/top/ X-JusticeOnCampusURL: http://joc.mit.edu/ Status: RO X-Status: > anyone have anything on the report I heard about how it is >illegal for a south korean to look at a north korean webserver? Sameer, I have a wire story that broke the new a few weeks ago at: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~declan/international/ I recently interviewed a South Korean governmentpern about this. He downplayed the North Korean angle and insisted his country actually was much more interested in censoring porn! Not kidding, Declan --- CENTRAL, HONG KONG, 1996 JUN 18 (NB) -- The great democracy of South Korea is trying desperately to enforce its National Security Law on people who view a pro-North Korean home page on the Internet. Although technical experts have disconnected the address of the site on Seoul servers, inquisitive viewers can access it indirectly through other international sites. The authorities have blamed this act of sedition on a Korean student in Canada who, it maintains, has been paid by Pyongyang. The site has such subtle propaganda messages as "Hurrah, the Great Leader Kim Jong-il." In response, the authorities in Seoul have come up with their own message: "We have yet to find a solution to protect South Koreans from the contamination of the Stalinist propaganda," said the government. ###