This Is Game reported that the South Korean Game Rating and Administration Committee initially blocked the mod's distribution in South Korea before requesting that Valve remove the mod from the Steam Workshop worldwide, a request the company had fulfilled by the June 13 publication of This Is Game's initial story.

Valve has taken down a controversial Steam mod after a request from the South Korean government, following concerns over historical distortion.

Inside a covert operation to bombard North Korea with pantyhose and nature films. In the summer winds, South Korean activists loft huge makeshift balloons filled with subversive materials and hygiene products into North Korean airspace in hopes of reaching people living in the most shuttered society on Earth.

Update 7/7/25: Valve has reached out to clarify that the company did not remove the Gwangju Running Man mod from Steam worldwide, and that it had only blocked the mod's distribution in South Korea ...

Paul Shin, whose decadeslong career in journalism, including nearly 20 years with The Associated Press, placed him at the heart of South Korea’s most turbulent and transformative moments since the 1960s,

The fishermen said they wanted to go home, but repatriations pose legal and moral questions given the Kim regime’s secrecy.

On Dec. 3, Yoon declared in a televised speech to the nation that he was establishing a state of martial law. Specifically, he accused the DPK, which holds a majority in the National Assembly, of significantly frustrating his legislative program, contrary to the public interest.