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This last paragraph:

• On August 18, 2005, VANK's attempt was successful in removing Sea of Japan in Google Earth, replacing it with East Sea. Furious Japanese hackers attacked VANK's web server by posting large volumes of messages containing insults about Korea and VANK's attempts.

It needs sources and an explaination. What exaclty was changed? Did Google Earth change all the Sea of Japans to EAst Seas? Did they just change the ones in Korean contexts? What exactly was changed? Cite sources (in English) and clearer information. Masterhatch 23 August 2005

Masterbatch, I have put the sources here, and stop deleting others work just because you feel something is missing. Instead, try to contribute to the information that's already there.

So, you gave a link to a Korean website on English Wikipedia. Could you provide an English source, please?. Also, you still haven't answered my questions. Did Google Earth change all the Sea of Japans to East Seas, or just the ones in Korean contexts? You must make that clear in your edit. If it only changed the name in Korean context, that must be mentioned. If it changed all the names, that must be mentioned. Your posts must be clear and NPOV. That is why i reverted so many of them. I will give you time to make your post NPOV and clear and to cite an English source. Since you claim (at least I think this is what you are claiming) that Google Earth changed the English name, you must come up with an English source for your post. Masterhatch 23 August 2005

The answer to your question is clear as is in the paragraph. Google Earth REMOVED Sea of Japan and REPLACED it with East Sea. The Chosun-ilbo article seems to be neutral as is, web savvy people of two countries fighting each other. Again, I strongly suggest you trying to stop making arguments about lack of sources etc. If you think there is a lack of sources, why don't you look for them yourselves. Don't just delete information because you don't know about it. I suggest self-research on this matter for your own enrichment. But, I do appreciate your effort in making this article legitimate, clear, and NPOV.

Thank you. That reads much better now. I actually never doubted whether Google Earth changed the names or not. I looked for, and couldn't find where they changed the names. It was unclear if it was only in Korean contexts or all contexts. That was my biggest beef, the unclear information. Masterhatch 24 August 2005

[edit] Hackers?

The people who atacked VANK's server were not hackers, but 2ch users.--Mochi 10:00, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Moved from article page

I moved the following from the article: -- Visviva 23:12, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

"VANK sends e-mails to webmasters" That's a nice way of putting it. If they don't agree with a site they distribute the webmaster's email amongst themselves and launch an email attack that is difficult to block because it comes from many different addresses. The VANKers are SPAMMERS! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.242.150.106 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Who, and How guarantees the rightness of a South Korean "Facts" ?

VANK also actively attempts to correct misconceived historical or cultural facts, from Korean aspect, on the Internet, by sending e-mails. Especially, VANK sends e-mails to webmasters who are in charge of websites that contain, in their opinion, distorted information about Korea.

It becomes a premise of this description that the Korean "facts" are right. However, when their "facts" is wrong, they will have transmitted the wrong "facts" to the world. Therefore, this description is not neutral. "Facts" should rewrite as "Opinions".Objectman 02:37, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

in their opinion... thought by koreans" is redundant, and interpretation comes from a perspective, as history can have different interpretation of facts. Yoonhan 09:29, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

OK, thanksObjectman 09:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)