South Korean Financial Blogger Faces 18 Months of Prison

eldavojohn writes "A South Korean blogger named Park Dae-sung has been arrested and charged with destabilizing foreign markets by blogging about declining companies. This is the same blogger who predicted the economic downturn that has been experienced the world over. The Korean Times offers more information on the community college graduate and the accusations levied against him." Several readers have also sent in news that Omidreza Mirsayafi, an Iranian blogger arrested and imprisoned for his writings earlier this year, has now died in custody.

Comments

Give him a break

[oldhack]

No, I mean the S. Korean prez. I mean, the guy's obviously trying to keep up with his comrade up north - you know, the dude with the misfiring missile. Hehehe, get it? Misfiring missile. I kill myself.

Re:Give him a break

[palegray.net]

Hehehe, get it? Misfiring missile. I kill myself.

Kim Jong Il might just do the same if he keeps up with the missile antics.

Popcorn...

[__aaclcg7560]

Maybe I shouldn't blog about how bad the popcorn had gotten at the local movie theater since the economy went into the crapper. The movie theater could go out of business. Actors could be laid off. Hollywood could demand a federal bailout. Then I could be arrested for causing chaos in the marketplace of recycled ideas.

Then again, the popcorn really does suck. Maybe I should call a food inspector instead.

Re:News from the future

[Divebus]

<stupidity>
I'm glad they finally caught the guy. Maybe now the global economy can heal.
</stupidity>

Re:South Korea is a tribal democracy

[palegray.net]

Confucius say, that's no way to run a country.