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[Sunny]

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11-18-2011 18:44

Who is the real comedian?

By Kim Rahn

A legislator is drawing fire from netizens and Twitter users for filing a defamation suit against a comedian for his remarks ridiculing lawmakers.
Rep. Kang Yong-seok filed the suit Thursday against comedian Choi Hyo-jong, 25, claiming that his comments during a comedy show collectively defamed lawmakers, according to the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office.

Not only comedians, but citizens and even fellow legislators are criticizing Kang for taking the joke too seriously. Kang recently received a suspended prison term for his sexist remarks against TV announcers.
In KBS’s popular comedy show “Gag Concert” on Nov. 2, Choi said, “It is easy to become a lawmaker. You only need to get close to ruling party leaders, become a candidate under the party’s ticket and run for election in a district which is the ruling party’s stronghold.”

He continued, “Then you go to traditional markets you’ve rarely visited before, shake hands with senior citizens, and eat soup with rice, which you don’t usually eat, at a shabby restaurant.”
On campaign pledges, Choi said, “You can promise to establish a bridge or open a subway station. Is it impossible to keep the promise? Don’t worry, you don’t need to keep it but just say you will.”
Kang said such remarks are subject to collective defamation, for which up to a one year of prison term or 2 million won fine can be handed out _ a crime which was first acknowledged in Korea in Kang’s case on defamation of announcers.

But the public doesn’t seem to agree with Kang, as people have denounced him for not accepting it as a joke, with some saying Kang’s behavior is like “the pot that calls the kettle black.”
Culture critic Chin Jung-kwon said via Twitter, “Kang sues Choi? I don’t know who is the comedian, Kang or Choi? Choi, you can lodge a counter suit against Kang for business interference.”

Comedian Kim Mi-wha also said on Twitter, “Hyo-jong, let’s file a countersuit. Lawmakers often insult other lawmakers by saying, ‘you are joking like a comedian,’ and that is a defamation of comedians!”
Some tweeters are holding a campaign to have Choi collect 100,000 followers, saying they will make him the most popular comedian in Korea.

After Kang’s suit, the number of Choi’s followers has passed 13,000 from about 3,000 a month ago.
Rep. Cho Jeon-hyeok of the ruling Grand National Party, who previously sued a comedian for defamation, said on Twitter, “I like Choi’s comedy. Cheer up.”

World leaders lock lips in 'Unhate' campaign

11-18-2011 14:13

By Lee Ha-na

Barack Obama and Hu Jintao. Lee Myung-bak and Kim Jong-il. Pope Benedict XVI and Ahmed el-Tayeb. Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy.

Benetton has done it again. All of these political and religious leaders can be seen kissing each other in Benetton’s ‘Unhate’ ads. The Italian fashion brand has been under fire for digitally altering these images, which made their debut via large posters that were revealed on Wednesday in major global cities, such as New York and Paris.

The Vatican was first to slam the ads, calling them absurd and unacceptable, before the White House also followed suit. Benetton quickly removed ads depicting the pope locking lips with the top Egyptian imam, but images are still widely available on the Internet. The company has apologized, saying it is “sorry that the use of the image had so hurt the sensibilities of the faithful” and that the aim of the campaign is “solely to battle the culture of hate in all its forms.”

The United Colors of Benetton is known to stir controversy through its shocking ads that have been unveiled throughout the years since the 1990s. In the past, the fashion brand has portrayed a nun kissing a priest, death row inmates, an oil-polluted duck, and a dying AIDS patient. Oliviero Toscani, an Italian photographer, created such campaign for the apparel company. Thus, the firm was thrown into the international spotlight, sparking intensive public debates in many countries over whether or not to take legal action against Benetton.

But its ads marked the beginning of a new advertising era. In an interview with CNN in 2010, Toscani said he wants to “photograph what exists and [what] we don’t want to look at” and that “there are people who, when they look at a picture, they get angry at it. But they should get angry at themselves for not having the courage to look into the problem.”

Despite the criticism it has received, Benetton remains one of the top recognized brands in the world.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/11/117_99085.html

[Lola]

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[Jen1202]

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[Sunny]

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[hayun(staff)]

준비완료^^

[Erika23]

참석^^

[Erika23]

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[Leon]

간만에 참석 ㅋㅋ

[James. lee]

참석입니다~

[ninety]

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[hayun(staff)]

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