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South Korea repeals ban on iOS games

South Korea has reversed a decision that banned games from the iOS App Store. For the past several years, the South Korean App Store has not included games due to concerns about objectionable content that could not be easily filtered. This decision to ban games was made by the Games Ratings Board, a governmental body that rates video and computer games based on their content. This ban has affected both iOS owners and Korean game developers who could not sell their games in their home country.

Now that the ban has been lifted, the games section of the South Korean App Store, which is almost non-existent, is expected to flourish. The reversal of this ban is timely as Apple will begin selling the iPhone 4S in South Korea on November 11.



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South Korea has reversed a decision that banned games from the iOS App Store. For the past several years, the South Korean App Store...
 

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maclabop

Did anyone else get an image of an angry bird being lobbed over the DMZ between North and South? No? Just me... OK, going to go sit quietly in the corner now.

November 03 2011 at 12:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lino L

i think they have already been playing games on the iphone despite this banner

November 02 2011 at 12:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
George Gaspari

Great. Now about Brazil...

November 02 2011 at 11:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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