South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet cafe, authorities said Tuesday.

日前，在南韩大丘市的一家网吧，一名男子在连续50个小时几乎不间断地玩电脑游戏后，终因过渡疲劳心力衰竭而死。

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The emotional protests have been fueled, in part, by Internet rumors, questionable South Korean news reports and grassroots sympathy with economically threatened South Korean cattle farmers.

网络传闻、缺乏证实的韩国新闻报导、以及民间对本国畜牧业者的同情更加煽动了抗议者的情绪。

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South Korean actor Bae Yong Joon has been chosen by Internet users as the most popular actor in his country in 2007, according to the results of an Internet survey.

南韩明星裴勇俊日前在一项网际网路调查中，被该国网民评选为2007年南韩最具人气的男星。

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Ubiquitous, fast and cheap access to the Internet has upended Korean society in dramatically unexpected ways.

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There were also reports of skulls popping up on some computer screens, which could indicate that hackers had installed malicious code in the networks, the Korean Internet Security Agency said.

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In the immediate aftermath of the incident, South Korean internet service provider LG Uplus said it believed its network had been hacked, Reuters news agency reported.

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