It is also one of the few developed countries that block pornography and material considered harmful to minors as they are illegal by law. However, this law is very loosely applied, with many pornography websites and nudity content still freely accessible. It also does not apply to social media websites, which is a common source of legal pornography in South Korea. In the first period, from to , the government passed the Telecommunications Business Act TBA , which was the first internet censorship law in the world. The ICEC pursued criminal prosecutions of those who made unlawful statements and blocked several foreign websites. In the second period, from to , the government passed a revision of the TBA legislation.

Whilst having a tattoo is not illegal in Korea — though may ban you from entering some jjimjilbangs! How so? Laws passed over the last few years have made it increasingly difficult to smoke in public areas. While not strictly legal, the use of dog meat for consumption lies in a legal gray-zone. Most interpretations of the law make it illegal but no one seems to have told the numerous restaurants that still serve it.

SEOUL AFP - In a drab government office in Seoul, a team of broadcast regulators spend their days watching online porn - the frontline troops of South Korea's attempts to crack down on spycam videos that mostly expose women. The member digital sex crime monitoring unit was set up this autumn by the Korea Communications Standards Commission KCSC , with a mission to hunt down and remove sexual videos posted without consent. As of last month, it operates 24 hours a day. Known as "molka", spycam videos are largely shot by men secretly filming women in schools, toilets and elsewhere.

Seoul, South Korea CNN Between the ages of 11 and 14, South Korean teenager Ji-o was threatened, stalked and pressured into taking sexually explicit photos of herself by men on the internet. Illustrations by Leanza Abucayan. South Korea is cracking down on digital sex crimes. Has it done enough? She joined Twitter in as a lonely year-old elementary student, hoping to make friends, according to Choi Yunu, from non-governmental organization Mental Health Korea.