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South Korea might be one of the most wired places in the world, but it's not necessarily the most Internet friendly. Park Dae Sung, 31, an unemployed blogger now finds himself in hot water for allegedly being "Minerva," a web guru who posted his thoughts on the state of the economy and the government's economic policies. Those thoughts generated huge attention in Korea, particularly following Minerva's prediction that Lehman Brothers would fail. Those musings, however, have not sat well with Seoul. Now Park has been taken into custody by the government and, according to his lawyer, faces...
Many South Koreans have the nagging feeling that authoritarian tendencies are in play here since Minerva, who had already achieved notoriety months before the arrest, was in the government's sights as early as September and October after his blogposts predicted the fall of U.S investment bank Lehman Brothers as well as the won's decline. Minerva had become such a sensation during the global financial meltdown that Korea's Minister of Strategy and Finance, Kang Man Soo, weighed in, saying he hoped to furnish the blogger with more economic facts so he would trust the government. (See 10 things...
...Park's bearish predictions came true, but many resonated enough that the government reportedly started to fear an insider might be unloading. Foreign exchange players scrutinized Minerva's postings as did government officials trying to guess his identity. At times, Minerva characterized himself as a financial superstar and was so persuasive that Koreans were certain they weren't just following any cybergoon. Minerva also had a growing online audience increasingly skeptical of traditional media and gravitating more and more to the web for scholarship and opinions, especially dissenting viewpoints...
...there wasn't football, what would your life be like instead? -Corey Minerva, Locust...
...needs of others. Pennington's eight-month tour in Iraq in 2006 earned her the Bronze Star for "heroic or meritorious achievement" in part for attaining an unprecedented 98% survival rate for her patients, many of whom were victims of severe blast wounds. On Oct. 23, she received a Minerva Award at the California Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women. Named for the Roman goddess whose image is on California's state seal, the award honors women who have "changed the state and nation with their courage, strength and wisdom...