February 05, 2007
Korean Web Users Support Oppostion
Korean presidential hopefuls of the Grand National Party are maximizing the power of Internet in politics by using it to distribute popular homemade video clips.
The governing Uri Party, which won the 2002 presidential election with the help of its successful online campaign and is now facing a possible breakup, in part because it has failed to attract net-savvy young voters.
Election watchers say that given the rising influence of the Internet on young voters, the results of online campaigns could play a huge role in the election as happened in the 2002 presidential race. In 2002, Roh, on the now-defunct Millennium Democratic Party ticket, turned the tide of the election due largely to his "netroots", called "Nosamo."
Last Thursday, the National Election Commission (NEC) asked portal sites to remove 14 video clips about the GNP politicians in a pre-election crackdown.
The law allows only 23 days of campaigning before election day. The presidential election is slated for Dec. 19.
Posted by Buzz Webster at February 5, 2007 06:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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