Preventing Buyers' Remorse

I find this hard to believe: Apparently, the government of ROK wants to check the validity of all keyword ads to be placed on the Korean side of the tubenet. Specific search engines are not mentioned in the article by the Korea Times, but surely Goooooogle must be one. I'm all for checking the pr0n-free-ness and violence-free-ness of publicly placed advertisements, but I somehow doubt that anyone wants to do this, especially a for-profit company.

The government says that it wants to make the portals themselves responsible for checking the 18,500 ads per month that would be covered by the regulation. The Korea Internet Safety Commission would take part in the process, though their function is not specified and no methods for the process have yet been revealed.

Personally, I enjoy trying to shoot ducks at the top of my screen to get that free iPod.

From the Korea Times

More on Korean Pr0n

I'm starting to feel bad for one half of Korean teenagers. Which half do you feel bad for?

From the Korea Times:

One of two South Korean teenagers has ever received adult spam messages through their cellular phones, according to a domestic civic group Tuesday.
The Green Consumers Network conducted a survey of 538 middle- and high-school students in Seoul and found that 46.2 percent of them had been plagued by obscene cell phone messages.


I feel bad for the half that don't have any pr0nographic experience. Some people should get together and send them an international care package of magazines and DVDs. I volunteer to send a copy of the DaVinci Load.

If you want a link, tell the KT not to run parts of their site in flash.

Half of Teenagers Have Watched Pr0n

Really? According to a survey by the Korean Health Teachers Association for Healthy Society and the Korean Teachers and Education Workers' Union, KOREAN KIDS ARE NORMAL! Westerners, do you remember how hard it was to get pr0n before the age of the Internets? God bless broadband. (Bonus: they should have considered the pr0n inherent to Asian animation; the number would be upwards of 99%.)



From the Korea Times:

About half of elementary, middle and high school students have looked at pr0nography, while some 3 percent of them have had sex, according to a recent survey. Most of the sexual experiences took place at their homes or friends' homes. A survey conducted by the Korean Health Teachers Association for Healthy Society and the Korean Teachers and Education Workers' Union showed 47.1 percent of students have seen pr0n photos or video footage.

Link: Half of Teenagers Have Watched Pr0n