Government unease with growing influence of online gossip
Financial blogger arrested in South Korea
By Christian Oliver in Seoul
Published: January 8 2009 17:54 | Last updated: January 8 2009 17:54
South Korea said on Thursday it had arrested an elusive blogger accused of undermining the country’s financial markets with his doom-mongering, ending a case that has illustrated government unease with the growing influence of online gossip in the world’s most-wired economy.
The case comes amid government efforts to combat negative comments on South Korea’s ailing economy in the media and from private sector economists. The export-dependent economy has been among the hardest hit in Asia by the global financial crisis.
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