A thread with updates on the Korean hostage situation… apparently they’re going through a lot of the same social backlash that Nori experienced.
The Marmot’s Hole » Hostage Situation Update:
The Seoul Sinmun (Korean) reports that the hostages’ families have been hurt by all the nasty comments being made by netizens. In particular, with some rather ill-advised photos taken by one of the hostages floating around, the netizens onslaught has been pretty fierce, with the Bundang Saemmul Church homepage, the Korea Foundation for World Aid, and the Cyworld blog of one of the hostages being particularly targeted.
