A self-styled financial market prophet (C) known by his Internet name, Minerva or by his family name, Park, leaves a Seoul court after the court approved prosecutors to further detain him January 10, 2009. South Korean prosecutors have detained a self-styled financial market prophet who had a large following on the Internet but whose gloomy predictions upset the government battling an economic slump, they said on Thursday.  REUTERS/Lee Jung-hoon/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA).  NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.AP - A South Korean blogger pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges that he spread false economic information on the Internet, a news report said, in a case that drew heated debate over freedom of speech.


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