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Distorting Democracy: Politics by Public Security in Contemporary South Korea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Jamie Doucette  and
Se-Woong Koo
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Since our article appeared, there have been several developments that demand the reader's attention. The scale of electoral interference was found to have been more extensive than we originally reported. Last December, prosecutors investigating the case disclosed that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) had produced over a period of two years leading up to the election some 1900 online posts and approximately 22 million Tweets with political or election-related content—roughly 30% of all election-related content that was generated on Twitter. This was circulated by agents of the NIS's psychological warfare team and hired contractors.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 11 , Issue 48 , December 2013 , e3
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