South Korea Indicts Park Jung-geun Over Twitter Posts

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South Korean Indicted Over Twitter Posts From North

South Korean prosecutors indicted Park Jung-geun, a social media and freedom of speech activist this week for reposting messages from the North Korean government’s Twitter account.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/world/asia/south-korean-indicted-for-twitter-posts-from-north-korea.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

“It was humiliating and ludicrous to have to wear a straight face and explain all my jokes to the detectives,” said Mr. Park, who faces up to seven years in jail if convicted.