North Africa-based operator of Korean content piracy sites arrested

Three websites offering illegally copied webtoons, web novels and other Korean content have been shut down, and their operator has been arrested, the South Korea's Culture Ministry said Thursday. The sites had distributed more than 83,000 items of pirated content, about 57 percent of which was Korean, according to the ministry. The operator, a North African national, was arrested in mid-July following an international investigation involving the ministry, the Korean National Police Agency and In