Cyber bullying and internet lynchings in South Korea...

When German-born fashion journalist Vera Hohleiter poked fun in print at the smell of kimchi and the short skirts of South Korean women, the cyber response was swift and nasty.

Incensed Seoul Internet users flooded her blog with insults, calling her a racist and a Nazi, and demanded that she leave their country immediately.

"For weeks, I went everywhere by taxi," said Hohleiter, 30, whose perceived transgressions were contained in a 2008 book, "Sleepless in Seoul," her memoir about a foreign woman hopelessly in love with a young Korean man. "I just didn't want to be confronted with this growing public anger." More...

Don't miss:

1. Mini-skirts an eyesore in Korean offices!!!
2. South Korean politicians in gigantic brawl!!!
3. Korean Christians in a bewildering trance!
4. South Korean actress suicide note accuses elite...
5. English teen kills herself due to 'extreme bullying...
6. Facebook mob tries to get headmaster sacked...
7. Thierry Henry deserves to be criticised, not crucified...