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Since 2006, South Korea has only banned video games on rare occasions. Even before this, games were very rarely banned unless that game mentioned elements of the Korean War in order to avoid tensions between the countries North Korea and South Korea. However, Manhunt, Manhunt 2, and Mortal Kombat are still banned because of violence and cruelty.
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.
In January 2011, a South Korean man was arrested for praising North Korea through social networking sites. [22] That same year another South Korean was arrested for posting 300 messages and 6 videos of pro-North content and sentenced to 10 months in jail. [23] A further 83 South Koreans were arrested for distributing pro-North material on the ...
Korea News Service in Japan carries articles of the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and is blocked in South Korea. As of 2010 [update] , there are 65 North Korean -run and pro-North Korean websites blocked in South Korea . [ 1 ]
South Korea uses IP address blocking to ban web sites considered sympathetic to North Korea. [40] [155] Illegal websites, such as those offering unrated games, file sharing, pornography, and gambling, are also blocked. Any attempts to bypass this is enforced with the "three-strikes" program.
South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province is to be a prominent fixture at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) this week in Taipei, Taiwan (Nov. 5 to 8). Through its Gyeonggi Content Agency, the ...
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 ...
Before 2019, blood in many games cannot be red. [18] The new ban prohibits the presence of any blood. [19] In addition, chat in Chinese video games is subject to similar or even wider restrictions as elsewhere on the Chinese Internet. For example, the chat in the English-language version of Genshin Impact censors not only swear words but also ...