South Korean state prosecutors raided the National Intelligence Service headquarter [1] amid allegations that the agency hired bloggers and used its agents to manipulate public opinion before the presidential election. The Daum Agora site posted [2] [ko] a snippet of data on the agency's electioneering which was collected by the Lawyers for a Democratic Society.
Spies, Bloggers and Raids in South Korea
· Written by Lee Yoo Eun
Categories: East Asia, South Korea, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Politics