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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...
...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...
...This is our first year with a fully functioning Web site,” Anoke said. “We’ve been collecting study guides for a few years now, so the library is pretty extensive...
During this exam period, there has been “a really big boom of people creating accounts” on the BSA Web site, Anoke said. This January alone, more than 200 new usernames were created...
...There is a significant web of connections between the University and its host communities,” said Mary Power, Harvard’s chief of community relations. “Many [relationships] can be characterized in terms of dollars, but others reach into a quality of life and service impact—contributions of equal importance...