All posts tagged "Twitter"

  • Court acquits S. Korean for following pro-North Twitter account

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A local court has acquitted a 73-year-old former journalist accused of following a Twitter account praising North Korean ideology, court records showed Thursday. The Seoul Western District Court found the defendant, identified only by...

    • Posted January 21, 2016
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  • Comedian Margaret Cho
    Margaret Cho admits she was a rape victim, urges others to come forward

    Comedian Margaret Cho took to Twitter Monday to admit she was a rape victim and sexually abused as a child. The admission was part of a #tellyourstory hashtag to support nine women who accused Canadian broadcaster Jian...

    • Posted November 6, 2014
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  • North Korean workers in Malaysia claim that most of their wages get sent to the North Korean government. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea bans Facebook and Twitter for foreigners

    By Lee Min-hyung North Korea has banned all foreigners there from using social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter, a Russian news agency reported Thursday. Diplomats and workers from humanitarian organizations have also been denied access...

    • Posted October 31, 2014
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    Owner of twitter.co.kr loses suit against Twitter

    By Kim Da-ye The owner of the domain www.twitter.co.kr has lost a lawsuit he brought against U.S. social network service Twitter in his bid to assert his right to keep the address. At the request of Twitter,...

    • Posted February 24, 2014
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  • kakao.com
    Kakao tops Naver in brand value

    By Kim Rahn Kakao Talk topped Naver in brand value, a survey showed, Sunday. Brandstock, a research firm specializing in the ranking of brands, said Kakao Talk ranked first in its survey in the Internet category in...

    • Posted February 24, 2014
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  • Hyorin of SISTAR
    Hyorin Goes Solo

    The leader of the four-member K-pop girl band SISTAR will make her debut as a soloist with a full-length album to be released on Nov. 26. Hyorin made that announcement Wednesday in releasing some teaser photos for...

    • Posted November 20, 2013
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  • Social networking sites struggling to survive

    By Chung Hyun-chae Cyworld was once the nation’s top social networking service (SNS), which provided each user with a unique personal homepage. The movie “My Boss, My Teacher,” released in 2005, has a scene that shows how...

    • Posted November 14, 2013
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