Korea’s artists, civic groups, and courts are struggling through a morass of mixed opinions over what’s considered art, and thus protected as free expression, and what’s deemed obscene. Two of the country’s recent decisions: the release of the popular movie “Lies” was postponed six months due to press outrage over its sexual plotline. And this week Korea’s premier cartoonist was fined $2.6 million for “encouraging misbehavior in minors” in his strip. – Korea Herald