South Korea Shuts Down Gambling Sites

As reported by the Korea Times: "The government is continuing to shut down access to Korean-language gambling Web sites, whose operations are based in foreign countries.

"The Ministry of Information and Communication yesterday said it had blocked this month alone up to 53 gambling sites, which had moved servers overseas to avoid the grip of the local laws.

"The measure is unprecedented because these gambling sites constitute 29.3 percent of the 181 foreign gambling sites banned by the ministry this year.

"…Some sites tried to sidestep the clean-up by transferring servers to foreign countries such as the United States and Canada, where the arm of Korean laws cannot reach…"

2006-09-15