Jack Scofield
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My friend moved to South Krea in August. I have to call him to see if he's alright.
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So I just learned pornography is illegal in South Korea
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How did this even happen?
The Take Out Bandit
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Then how did Infiltration get so good at oiling up?!
Simulated sex isn't the same as hardcore pornography?
Finaika
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Somebody answer this man.
Femmeworth
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Because teenagers are lacking in maturity and typically power.
Interferon
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Damn.
What would happen if you watched (that kind of) porn in North Korea?
What would happen if you watched (that kind of) porn in North Korea?
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Sounds like Singapore...
We banned porn here too. And have banned books, movies and games. I think GTA 1 and 2 are still banned but not GTA3 and onwards lol... We also have a 2 year mandatory conscription for males (which is followed by reservist training once almost every year until one reached 40 years old).
No one actively regulates though. It's always some peripheral charging if the police ever search your place for some other crime you've committed. Like a Buddhist monk's apartment was searched when he was suspected of misusing the funds of his charity organisation and they charged him with possession of hundreds copies of obscene videos. Note that obscene videos also include anything that has not gone through our official censorship board. Which basically means everything imported or downloaded.
So techinically half the nation could be charged for possessing movies bought or downloaded online (legally or otherwise). But this is just a written rule I suppose.
We banned porn here too. And have banned books, movies and games. I think GTA 1 and 2 are still banned but not GTA3 and onwards lol... We also have a 2 year mandatory conscription for males (which is followed by reservist training once almost every year until one reached 40 years old).
No one actively regulates though. It's always some peripheral charging if the police ever search your place for some other crime you've committed. Like a Buddhist monk's apartment was searched when he was suspected of misusing the funds of his charity organisation and they charged him with possession of hundreds copies of obscene videos. Note that obscene videos also include anything that has not gone through our official censorship board. Which basically means everything imported or downloaded.
So techinically half the nation could be charged for possessing movies bought or downloaded online (legally or otherwise). But this is just a written rule I suppose.
Finaika
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There are no Singaporean porn?
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Nope. But we have the on and off case of leaked videos by random people
Usually by angry ex boyfriends...They don't actively do blocking of porn on the internet either unless they're obvious sites like playboy.com. Our regulations, like the laws are, kind of stuck in the 90s.
Not if they're like Japan in that regard
i_am_ben
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No gay sex either.
Finaika
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Nope. But we have the on and off case of leaked videos by random people
They don't actively do blocking of porn on the internet either unless they're obvious sites like playboy.com. Our regulations, like the laws are, kind of stuck in the 90s.
Damn, how can you guys survive?
SapientWolf
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Unless you can just unzip your pants in public and immediately get serviced it's not gonna be as convenient as fapping.
perfectchaos007
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Sounds like if I moved to Korea, I would be forced to lose my virginity
See You Next Wednesday
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Worst Korea confirmed!
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Yup...People have been trying to repeal it for years but the government's stance is that the population is still conservative and they don't activeky enforce it anyway so herp derp!
Porn is still easily accessible via the internet and formerly, pirated dvds/vcds. Most of it is lip service to appease some imaginary conservative majority. I had a professor who argues that our censorship board is there, not to ""protect" the population but to protect the idea that population is conservative and doesn't/shouldn't see certain things. This is the same country that fines televsion networks for showing happy gay families on reality tv shows about home renovations. At 4 am. Because they promote the gay lifestyle. I wonder who are those idiots who call in to complain.
Also, prostitution is legal as long as you're working for a brothels that by law must make their workers go for routine health checks. The last I've heard such brothels are a dying breed and we probably have more illegal ones who fly in from other countries.
And our government wonders why we get a low rating on the human trafficking scale.
Ace Harding
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Jaffaboy
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I once saw a bald guy walk into one of those, he's not going for a haircut.
Kuro Madoushi
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SapientWolf
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Bet he's still getting a trim.
Considering some of the amazing films coming out of South Korea for how edgy some of them are sometimes, it really surprises me about this porn news. Kind of strange they have a strong similarity to American films in style and production quality yet seem behind in many things.
TAJ
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Hoya Destroyer
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What a waste.
If you're into Asian girls, Koreans have good potential IMO.
There was a Korean Naked News for a while. I wonder how they worked that one out?
If you're into Asian girls, Koreans have good potential IMO.
There was a Korean Naked News for a while. I wonder how they worked that one out?
EraldoCoil
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