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Banned and restricted books in South Korea
24 titles have been banned or restricted in South Korea, recorded across 25 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
24
Ban events
25
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
7
Most-restricted titles
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 22
- Sexual content
- 1
- Immorality
- 1
- Obscenity
- 1
By decade
1940s1
1970s3
1980s1
1990s1
2000s16
2010s1
2020s2
Documented bans
All 25 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
Respect: Everything a Guy Needs to Know About Sex2020
North Korea's Missile Strategy2008
North Korea's Native Culture2008
History Has Never Led Me Astray2008
Why the 80 Percent Are Controlled by the 20 Percent2008
Companion2008
Crimes by US Troops in Korea and the ROK-US SOFA2008
Salt-flower Tree2008
Blood Falls from the Flowers2008
History of the Republic of Korea2008
Happy Sara1992
The Origins of the Korean War1981
The Dwarf1979
The Logic of the Transition Era1974
Five Bandits1970
Das Kapital1948
Respect: Everything a Guy Needs to Know About Sex2024
Slots2011
Year 501: The Conquest Continues2008
What Uncle Sam Really Wants2008
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism2008
A Spoon on Earth2008
Guerillas of the Kingdom of Samsung2008
The Global Trap2008
Auf der Universität2008
Source: Verboten, built on the banned-books.org Open Censorship Core (CC BY 4.0). Verboten compilation CC BY 4.0.