"For years, people will be debating
what made [South Korea] go from conservative to liberal,
from gerontocracy to youth culture and from staunchly
pro-American to a deeply ambivalent ally - all seemingly
overnight. ... But for many observers, the
most important agent of change has been the Internet. ... In the last year, as the elections were
approaching, more and more people were getting their
information and political analysis from spunky news
services on the Internet instead of from the country's

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's has a new partnership with soft-drink giant Coca-Cola. The $1-million deal involves a research grant to the academy to "support important clinical, basic and behavioral research" and "create public and professional educational programs, based on science, that promote improved dental health for children." The AAPD told Reuters that Coca-Cola "will have no say-so" into the specifics of that research.

A man was arrested and charged with trespassing in a mall in Albany, New York after he refused to take off a T-shirt that said "Peace on Earth" and "Give peace a chance."