Stories from 1 December 2010
Russia: Forum Commenter Receives Suspended Sentence for Anti-Semitic Comments
Vladimir Li'yurov, forum commenter from Komi Republic, has been sentenced to 6 months of suspended sentence, Sova-center reported. The court ruled out that Vladimir (aka forum-user “anti-Jew”) had been publicly inciting hatred towards an ethnic group at the comments section of the local online media outlet. Li'yurov, however, denied the...
WikiLeaks in Korea: Diplomatic Niceties Lost Regarding North Korean Issues
A WikiLeaks’ page reveals South Korea's former Vice Foreign Minister bad-mouthing Chinese nuclear envoy in front of U.S. Ambassador as someone who “knows nothing about North Korea, nothing about nonproliferation and is hard to communicate with because he doesn’t speak English.”
Hungary: Comments on Upcoming Changes in Pension Fund System
Marietta Le writes about opposition to the Hungarian government's plans to bring private pension funds under state control to reduce budget deficit.
Latin America & Cablegate: Analysis, Reactions & Questions
Cables from United States embassies in several Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, including Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela and Honduras, have been released as part of WikiLeaks' "Cablegate". Bloggers in the region are analyzing the cables and what they mean to their individual countries and to Latin America as a whole.
Taiwan: 2010 Best Blog Awards
2010 Taiwan best blog awards is now opening for voting.