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K. Times published on Tuesday (12.26) following article:

Expats Risk Expulsion for Satire
 

Foreigners may face deportation or fines if they volunteer at orphanages or organize performances without reporting them to the authorities.

The interpretation came from Joo Jae-bong, an official at the Ministry of Justice. He said there should be no problem with joining a poetry club but that volunteer activites should be registered with the ministry.
 

``If it 's just a gathering of friends, there should be no problem,’’ he said. ``But if they are organizing performances, they need to register to do those things because they are changing the purpose of their stay here.’’
 

He said the same rule applies to those who wish to volunteer in an orphanage. Foreigners need to register those activities with the ministry...

Read the entire stuff here:
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200612/kt2006122617295710230.htm

So I ask myself what will be happen to "foreigners" who are joining for example labour unions, such as (the still "illegal") Migrant Workers' Trade Union or radical left political organizations??

Or joining protest demonstrations... harrharr.. "even worse" taking parts in street battles??

Ha, of course IMPRISONMENT & DEPORTATION!!