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The OpenNet Initiative classifies Internet censorship in South Korea as pervasive in the conflict/security area, as selective in the social area, with fewer evidence of filtering in the political and Internet tools areas. [7] In 2011 South Korea was included on Reporters Without Borders list of countries Under Surveillance. [8]
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".
The legal system of South Korea is a civil law system that has its basis in the Constitution of the Republic of Korea.The Court Organization Act, which was passed into law on 26 September 1949, officially created a three-tiered, independent judicial system.
When South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law this week it was the first time a South Korean government took such a drastic measure since it became a fully functioning democracy ...
Police officers gather outside the National Assembly after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 4, 2024.
In South Korea, Yoon said the measure was necessary to prevent paralysis and domination by “anti-state” forces, but the legislature quickly voted unanimously to reject martial law.
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. The legislature passed the law on 19 May 2011 and it went into effect on 20 November 2011.
The National Assembly of South Korea passed an amendment to the Article in March 2002, which came into force on 31 March 2005, and prohibited marriage only between men and women who are closely related (i.e. consanguine marriage, in South Korea, consanguine marriage is defined as marriage between two family members with degree of relationship 8 ...