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S. Korea bans beheading footage on Internet
The South Korean government ordered Internet service providers to impose a strict ban to prevent the possible spread of the footage of the hostage killed in Iraq, Yonhap news agency reported Thursday.
The government requested that major Internet service companies such as KT Corp., Hanaro Telecom Inc and Thrunet Co. shut down access to Web sites that were found carrying the video footage, the Ministry of Information and Communication said.
"The ministry ordered Internet service providers to shut down three other Web sites by noon," the official added.
In addition, the ministry requested that Internet portals ban users from conducting searches using words such as "execution" and "beheading" on their search engines.
The ministry warned that Internet users who continue to try to spread the on-line footage would be prosecuted after tracking down their Internet protocol addresses.
The 33-year-old Kim Sun-il, a translator for Cana General Trading Corp., a South Korean supplier for the US military in Iraq, was reportedly kidnapped by Iraqi militants several weeks ago.
His body was found on Tuesday night, one day after Seoul rejected the captors' demand to reverse its planned troop dispatch to Iraq.
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