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A candlelight protest was held in front of Seoul Station calling on the government to permit access to pornography. The decision comes in the midst of a societal crisis in South Korea in which illegal pictures of women are being distributed online. Many are opposing the KCC initiative. Last Saturday, a candlelight protest was held in front of Seoul Station calling on the government to permit access to pornography, accusing the government of infringing upon individual freedom. Others are doubtful that the South Korean government will ever be able to completely ban pornography, going on to argue that the actual purpose behind this whole scheme is to conduct online censoring and surveillance of individuals.

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These are the core obsessions that drive our newsroom—defining topics of seismic importance to the global economy. Our emails are made to shine in your inbox, with something fresh every morning, afternoon, and weekend. Korean police have identified dozens of victims, including minors, linked to pay-to-view chat rooms operated on chat app Telegram, which distributed videos of middle school girls performing grotesque sexual acts and self harm. According to one newspaper report, one user even live-streamed himself raping a girl after luring her to a motel room. The story first came to light through a report in Korean newspaper Hankyoreh link in Korean last November.