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The Youth Protection Revision Act, commonly known as the Shutdown Law or Cinderella Law, was an act of the South Korean National Assembly which forbade children under the age of sixteen to play video games between the hours of 00:00 and 06:00.
Banned for portraying military and political actions against North Korea, ban was lifted in 2007. [235] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony: The September 2017 release was cancelled because of a March 2017 case in South Korea where a 17-year-old girl killed and dismembered an 8-year-old child. [236] The game was banned to prevent controversies. [236]
The USK's review of a game is voluntary, but games without approval may only be offered and sold to adults. One notable example of censorship in Germany is that of Call of Duty: WWII. In the German version of the game, swastika symbols are removed and replaced with Iron Crosses. [23]
The Korea Times reports that video games are picking up steam in North Korea, according to those who have since left the country. These individuals attest that titles ranging from “Grand Theft ...
The Game Rating and Administration Committee [a] (GRAC), formerly the Game Rating Board [b] (GRB) until December 23, 2013, is a South Korean video game content rating board.A governmental organization, the GRAC rates video games to inform customers of the nature of game contents.
Censorship by country collects information on censorship, Internet censorship, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and human rights by country and presents it in a sortable table, together with links to articles with more information. In addition to countries, the table includes information on former countries, disputed countries ...
Image credits: Johnny Somali The controversial YouTuber set foot in South Korea in September of this year.. His actions have provoked local residents, especially after he posted a video of himself ...
Censorship in South Korea is implemented by various laws that were included in the constitution as well as acts passed by the National Assembly over the decades since 1948. . These include the National Security Act, whereby the government may limit the expression of ideas that it perceives "praise or incite the activities of anti-state individuals or groups".