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Cyber Or-24 Cyber-syn For Cyberia - 1
Source: israelseen.com

The basic questions that we will be dealing with relate to the possible, probable, and preferable nature of an emerging SYN "FOR" the 21st century. We will be dealing BOTH with some observations of the Synagogue "IN" the 21st century and some thoughts on the possible ext …

Pirates Anchor in Berlin -- to organize Netizens
Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE

EXCERPT: The German Pirate Party is holding its first nominating convention in the state ever, here at Monster Ronson's Itchiban Karaoke bar in the middle of Berlin's trendy Friedrichshain district, where it managed to attract 3.4 percent of the votes during the recent European P …

Minister rues poor conduct
Source: Straits Times Interactive - SINGAPORE

WHEN MP Seng Han Thong was set on fire by a Yio Chu Kang resident last month, he drew many online attacks that were vicious. Some were 'downright outrageous', said Senior Minister of State (Information, Communications and the Arts) Lui Tuck Yew in Parliament yesterday.

PhD students say 'No' to Christmas
Source: chinadaily.com.cn

It is a losing battle because the Chinese love to party. From the article: PhD students from China's most authoritative universities including Beida, Tsinghua and People's University hope to "wake up the Chinese people to resist western cultural invasion".

Look East to See the Future of the Internet
Source: The Seoul Times: theseoultimes.com

From the article: A tech-savvy government, the highest broadband penetration rate in the world, and a nation of restless young cyber-activists make South Korea the most fascinating media laboratory on the planet.

Half-Nude Posters: The Victims of Commercialism
Source: zhonghuarising.com

Economic reform in China has generated new dynamics and opportunities for women. However, it has also created new dilemmas for many of them. Commercialism, particularly, is only one of the new threats that many Chinese women have to deal with today.

Exporting Citizen Journalism - OhmyNews International
Source: Ohmynews International

Two other citizen journalism news sites described at the recent OhmyNews forum in Seoul are Flix.dk in Denmark and Scope..co.il in Israel.

EastSouthWestNorth: Freedom of Identity, Speech and Assembly on the Internet
Source: zonaeuropa.com

MMPRG player in China is put in virtual incarceration for a politically offensive character name and guild. This is not the first time the game (run by a private company) has had to suspend players for politically inappropriate names.

Professional Journalists describe corruption of news by business model - OMNI
Source: Ohmynews International

At a program held at Columbia University, four professional journalists, Charles Glass, Seymour Hersh, John Pilger and Robert Fisk analyze how the business model of the press corrupts American journalism and and prevents citizens from getting the truth from the press.

OhmyNews and 21st Century Journalism - OhmyNews International
Source: Ohmynews International

In this article I give some background about how OhmyNews, an online newspaper in South Korea, which pioneered citizen jounalism, began.

Cloning Hero's Scientific Fraud Uncovered By Netizens In South Korea

There's an important story about South Korean netizens and their ability to uncover fraud in science that has recently been hidden behind the headlines.

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