Chosun Ilbo:

 Netizens Fund Dokdo Ad in Washington Post

A full-page advertisement pointing out that the Dokdo Islets are Korean territory appeared in the Monday issue of Washington Post, funded by thousands of Korean Internet users. Internet portal site Daum said money raised from some 110,000 Internet users paid for the ad, which was placed by Korean publicist Seo Kyoung-duk, who last month put a similar ad in the New York Times with sponsorship from singer Kim Jang-hoon.

After seeing the ad in the Times, an Internet user on July 10 proposed a fundraising campaign on Daum. It drew some 110,000 Internet users until Monday and raised W180 million (US$1=W1,079). Netizens also decided what to put in the ads, and then a PR company volunteered to make three samples. Netizens voted on the samples from Aug. 4 to 12. The winner was titled “Stop distorting history” and got 58.6 percent of the votes.

August 26, 2008

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