As the nation awaits the Constitutional Court's decision on President Roh's impeachment, Korean Internet users have started a "pyramid-style" campaign to defeat those lawmakers who voted for or conspired to bring about the impeachment.
According to major Internet portal sites on Saturday, lists of the 159 legislators who signed the impeachment motion and the 195 legislators who participated in the vote were quickly disseminated through the nation's online bulletin boards, weblogs, Internet communities, chat lines, banner images, homepage links, and web searches at portal such as Naver.com.
The lists were previously made public by the media, but Internet users have been adding additional information, such as party affiliations, electoral districts, phone numbers, fax numbers, pictures and e-mail addresses, and uploading them onto bulletin boards and weblogs. Others then download this information and disseminate it to other Internet sites.
At the Korean affiliate of ebay, Auction.co.kr, one netizen posted a parody advertising a fire sale on 193 "crazy dogs" in Yeoido, the location of the National Assembly.
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