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2008/10/25 15:16 KST
Chomsky lashes at Korean Defense Ministry's book ban

   SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Yonhap) -- American linguist Noam Chomsky severely criticized South Korea's Defense Ministry for imposing a ban on so-called "disturbing books," including his own, saying the move violates the country's hard-won democracy, according to a Web site.

The ministry would have to be renamed "the Ministry of Defense against Freedom and Democracy," Chomsky said in an email to Playground for Disturbing Book Readers (http://cafe.daum.net/bullnori), a Korean on-line community for opponents of the book ban.