About Jinbonet

Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet is a Non-profit organization that was established on 14 November, 1998.

Charter

The 1990s witnessed various political, social, economic, and cultural changes due to the popularization and proliferation of computer-mediated communication.

Board and Staff

President : Oh Byung-il

 Contact

Postal Address :
3F, 23, Dongnimmun-ro 8-gil , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea / Postal Code : 03745
Tel : +82-2-7744551
Email : Oh Byoungil

"Democracy and Freedom Are An Integral Part of Cyberspace" : A Statement from the Participants of the Asia Internet Rights Conference
[정보화/성명] 민주주의와 자유에 대한 추구는 인터넷에서도 계속되어야 한다 – 2001년 아시아 인터넷권리 국제회의 참석자 선언

By | English, 국제협약, 입장

■ 아시아 인터넷권리 국제회의 참석자들은 11월 11일 11시에 명동성당에서
기자회견을 갖고 아래와 같은 선언문을 발표하였습니다.

[한글 번역문]

민주주의와 자유에 대한 추구는 인터넷에서도 계속되어야 한다
– 2001년 아시아 인터넷권리 국제회의 참석자 선언 –

1.
방글라데시, 캄보디아, 홍콩, 인도, 인도네시아, 일본, 말레이시아, 몽골,
네팔, 필리핀, 스리랑카, 타이, 호주, 영국, 스웨덴, 미국, 한국 등에서 2001년
8일부터 10일까지 개최된 아시아 인터넷권리 국제회의에 참석한 우리는 각국의
인터넷 권리의 현황과 이를 증진하기 위한 과제를 논의하였다. 우리는 아시아
각국이 처해 있는 상황의 차이에도 불구하고 이 회의를 통해 인터넷 권리의
가치와 아시아 민중의 연대 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.

우리는 발표와 토론을 통해서 세계화가 아시아 민중들의 삶을 피폐하게 만들고
있음을 확인하였다. 아시아 민중들은 서로 협력하여 이 거대한 공격을 극복해
나가야 할

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Activists Begin Sit-In Hunger Strike Against Internet Contents Rating System

By | English, 자료실

In the wake of the Ministry of Information and Communication’s announcement to implement a controversial internet content rating system, activists from several civic organizations responded with a sit-in hunger strike at Myongdong Cathedral, a traditional site of protest in Korea. Opponents of the rating system argue that it will seriously undermine freedom of expression on the internet in particular and civil liberties and social democracy in general.

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Details on the Genome Project Hearing

By | English, 자료실

Four outside experts gathered together on August 1 to review the negative impacts of the controversial human genome project. The Center for Democracy in Science and Technology at the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) held a hearing on the expected social and ethical problems of the use of genetic information.

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Which Comes First? : A strict legal infrastructure is needed prior to debate on embryos experiment

By | English, 생체정보, 자료실

The extremely polarized debate on the framework of the Bioethics bill is heated up again between civil groups’ alliance and other major forces including National Assembly members as the Korean Bioethics Advisory Commission unveiled the framework of the Bioethics bill which is scheduled to be handed over to Ministry of Science and Technology in this month.

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[Statement] Stop the suppression of on-line activities

By | English, 입장, 표현의자유

The Website of the Korean Ministry of Information & Communication was down on August 26 for 10 hours because many Korean Netizens over loaded the website by posting protest messages on the board and reloading repeatedly the page to voice their opposition to the proposed legislation of the Ministry. This type of protest is called a “Virtual Sit-in.” It is a legitimate form of demonstration. During the protest, some tempered netizens made and used some Javascript files.

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[Statement] We warn the Korea Ministry of Information & Communication and Munhwa Broad Casting

By | English, 자료실, 표현의자유

We solemnly warn the Korean Ministry of Information & Communication(MIC) of the absurd intrusion of ‘Legislation for Communication Decency’ and also warn Munhwa Broad Casting of(MBC) the danger of one-sided reporting about the incident that MIC’s web service was downed for 10 hours on August 26th (from 12 to 22 oclock). They Calls it “Hackers’ Attach.”

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Japanese Civil Society resists Challenges to Communications Privacy
[프라이버시/보도자료] APC, JCA-Net 주최 [반도청 공개 세미나] 발표

By | English, 자료실, 통신비밀

진보네트워크센터는 2000년 7월 18일
APC, JCA-Net 주최 [반도청 공개 세미나] 참석하여 발표했습니다.
아래는 이에 대한 APC의 기사입니다.

http://www.apc.org/english/rights/fulltext.shtml?sh_itm=926cc8dad60b2230dece0fcf2585bb89

Japanese Civil Society resists Challenges to Communications Privacy

TOKYO, Japan — Over 100,000 people signed the latest petition for the repeal of the Japanese Wiretapping Law passed in 1999. The petition was submitted to the Diet on May 24.

The petition committee, which includes JCA-NET, the NaST, and various hum

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