http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/11/117_34625.html

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Actress Moon Becomes Cyber Bullying Target By Park Si-soo Staff Reporter Just a few days after top actress Moon Geun-young wowed fans with the surprise revelation of her secret donations to the poor, she has fallen victim to malicious comments on the Internet. The Community Chest, a leading charity group here, last week announced a list of its top individual donors revealing the No. 1 giver’s name as an "anonymous actress in her 20s’’ who has donated more than 850 million won ($597,000) over the past five years. Despite the actress’s requests to keep her name secret, the charity group, after being harassed by the press, finally confirmed the 21-year-old donor was Moon. Following the revelation, however, she was subject to cyber attacks by people who called her donations politically motivated. Her private blog and articles praising her behavior were bombarded with numerous nasty comments belittling the donations as a way to enhance her reputation and her career. Also, a conservative columnist claimed Moon’s donations promoted communism in Korea, citing her late grandfather’s pro-North activities. Her late grandfather Ryu Nak-jin was a pro-communism guerrilla in the South during and after the Korean War (1950-1953) and refused to convert right up to his death in 2005. In an article, Ji Man-won, said, "This is part of communist-led psychological warfare aimed to beautify a descendant of the communist. Articles speaking highly of her donations help make people respect communists as activists striving to reunite the two Koreas.’’ In reaction to the cyber bullying, the opposition Democratic Labor Party made a rare statement calling for it to end. "Her grandfather was a victim of our heart-wrenching history. We should not take it as a means to criticize those with different ideology,’’ it said. Her agency vowed to take a wait-and-see approach. Legal experts said those producing such malicious comments can be punished. "If an article was written apparently to insult a specific individual, the writer can be punished even if the article doesn’t include any type of abusive language,’’ said Prof. Park Kyung-sin at Korea University’s college of law. Meanwhile, Gangnam Police Station is gathering information on the malicious writers for an investigation at Moon’s request. pss@koreatimes.co.kr

Un-frickin'-believable!!!!!!

People do this kind of thing because they can. I read that Korea is going to start imposing consequenses for cyber-bullying. Hopefully that will make a difference. It takes a special kind of person to get their jollies this way.

They caught up with the one who caused the suicide of Choi Jin Sil. She's completely outed now and like Bill Ayers, totally unrepentant.

It's the idiots who believe anything and everything they read on the internet who are the real problem.

This was donations.....an act of kindness.
How can people make it seem dirty & wrong?

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Moon Geun-young, listen to this adjumma....it was a nice & sweet thing to do. Keep up the good work. You are a lovely young lady!

If I could post in Hangul, I would say something like that.
I wish people would tell these bullies to be quiet!
<and they are not welcome on these sites.>

You don't mess with Moon Keun Young. She is an angel, and Korea's one and only sweetheart. To those who bashed Keun Young will pay for their sins. Seriousuly, Ji Man-won, a consevative columnist, an idiot who bashed Keun Young will soon regret what he has done. He has instatnly became the most hated person in Korea.

Having seen her in a few different movies...all you want to do is hug her.
She is adorable.

I can understand why Korea loves her.

Jim wrote:

It's the idiots who believe anything and everything they read on the internet who are the real problem.

Jim is absolutely right. Why do some people believe this kind of idiocy posted anonymously? Sometimes you can't even believe the national press written by professional journalists, so how can you believe an anonymous posting?



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Jim wrote:

It's the idiots who believe anything and everything they read on the internet who are the real problem.

Amen to that...Imagine if we believed everything we read on here.

The Korean has posted his thoughts about this...

http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2008/11/ask-korean-news-charity-angel-and.html


The first reader comment is pretty funny!

catburt28 wrote:

More cyber Bullies---when will this stop?!

When people learn that electronic devices have an "Off button"...

Or when they stop believing everything that they read on the web...

Animefanzgirl wrote:

Jim wrote: It's the idiots who believe anything and everything they read on the internet who are the real problem. Amen to that...Imagine if we believed everything we read on here.

You should [/i]always believe everything I tell you.

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You should [/i]always believe everything I tell you.

Getting nervous....
<Jim just gave me a complement recently.>