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Prosecution investigators are on the attack, going after the MBC television program “The Producer’s Notebook”; a citizen-led boycott of companies that advertise in the Chosun Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo, and DongA Ilbo; and the lively “Agora” debate section of the Internet portal site Daum, which has focused on the U.S. beef deal and raised questions about the president’s leadership.

“You boys remember? It’s ‘politics by public security!’” says President Lee Myung-bak, merrily humming to himself.