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| Popular global news blog "Global Voice," based in the Netherlands, recently posted a handful of news about Korea's controversial 2012 presidential election, bringing international bloggers' interests closer to the issue. / Courtesy of SISAFOCUS |
By Ko Dong-hwan
One of world's biggest global news blogs "Global Voice" recently illuminated the controversial 2012 presidential election in Korea, sources reported on Sunday.
According to an online network JeongSangChu (acronym for pursuit of justice and common sense), the blog recently posted three related news in four days starting Nov. 25.
The latest news posted on Thursday was "South Korea: A Thousand Buddhist Monks Join Protests Against Election Manipulation," which reported the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism following the path of Catholic priests' mass candlelight vigils demanding President Park Geun-hye step down.
Earlier on the same day, the blog posted news entitled "South Korea Retaliates Against Outspoken Catholic Priest with ‘Pro-North' Accusations" which reported on the case of Father Park Chang-sin who held a protest mass against President Park.
The news was referenced as a news topic to the world's biggest online news community Topix, and also linked to The New York Times.
Both pieces included photo news written by a Korean citizen journalist known as "mediamongu."
The blog previously posted news entitled "South Korea's Spy Agency, Military Sent 24.2 Million Tweets to Manipulate Election" on last Monday.
Including photo news by another Korean citizen journalist known as "Kim Sang-ho," it reported that the election interference was done not by "some maverick spy agents trying to sway public opinion" but "systematically and on a massive scale" by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the Defense Ministry's Cyberwarfare Command.
Based in the Netherlands, Global Voice is a non-governmental organization that collects photos and articles on current global issues in different countries neglected by popular English-based news corporations.
The news feeds sent by volunteering citizen journalists and bloggers across the world are screened by the group's news specialists and then translated into 30 different languages.
The blog is currently supported by global news providers like Reuters and the MacArthur Foundation.
