Moon Jae-in Government's 'Real Estate Measures' Protest by Netizens Real-Time Search Challenge
Keywords like '6·17 Unconstitutional, Working-Class Tears', 'Retroactive Unconstitutional Corrupt Government'
Offline Rallies and Protests Last Weekend Too

As of 8 a.m. on the 29th, the keyword "Impeach Moon Jae-in" registered in the current affairs section of Naver real-time search. Photo by Naver Real-time Search Data Lab screen capture

As of 8 a.m. on the 29th, the keyword "Impeach Moon Jae-in" registered in the current affairs section of Naver real-time search. Photo by Naver Real-time Search Data Lab screen capture

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[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] The keyword "Impeach Moon Jae-in" has risen to the top ranks in the real-time search section of current affairs on the portal site Naver. The keyword "Impeach Moon Jae-in" appears to have climbed to the top ranks through a so-called "real-time search (real-time keyword) challenge" centered around an online cafe where citizens opposing the Moon Jae-in administration's real estate policies have gathered. Not only the keyword "Impeach Moon Jae-in," but on the 21st, the real-time search term "Moon Jae-in Step Down" also ranked high.


The keyword started from a post by a member of a real estate online cafe the day before and led to the real-time search challenge. The cafe has 1,169,734 members.


On the previous day (28th), the poster suggested the real-time search challenge, saying, "Today's real-time search challenge is 'Impeach Moon Jae-in.' The current administration, which has produced dozens of bills infringing on citizens' private property rights such as the three lease laws and violating the constitution, deserves to be impeached." He continued, "Let's impeach this current amateur administration that is busy blaming others without any apology or responsibility for wrong policies!"


Additionally, the poster explained the rules for participating in the challenge as "real-time search challenge precautions." He said, "Since the real-time search is counted based on IP, it is important to turn off Wi-Fi and switch IPs by using airplane mode," and emphasized, "Please pay attention to spacing," adding, "If you click on the real-time search term, it will not be counted. You must enter it directly using the keyboard."


At around 2:08 PM that day, the post was uploaded, and by 6:55 PM, the keyword "Impeach Moon Jae-in" rose to the top ranks in Naver's current affairs real-time search.


On the afternoon of the 25th, participants of the "Candlelight Rally Against the Retroactive Application of Excessive Real Estate Regulation Policies and Nationwide Tax Resistance Movement" held in front of the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation in Jung-gu, Seoul, are shouting slogans. / Photo by Yonhap News

On the afternoon of the 25th, participants of the "Candlelight Rally Against the Retroactive Application of Excessive Real Estate Regulation Policies and Nationwide Tax Resistance Movement" held in front of the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation in Jung-gu, Seoul, are shouting slogans. / Photo by Yonhap News

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This "real-time search challenge" has been intensively conducted daily from 2 to 4 PM since the 1st of this month. Not only members of the cafe but also members of other cafes such as the "Meeting for Relief of Victims of the June 17 Regulation Retroactive Application" are participating.


The keywords proposed by the cafe members include "Article 13 Clause 2 of the Constitution," "June 17 Unconstitutional Tears of the Common People," "Minister Kim Hyun-mi Lies," "Retroactive Unconstitutional Corrupt Government," "Request for Audit of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport," "Withdrawal of Support for Moon Jae-in," and "Tax Resistance National Movement," all criticizing the Moon Jae-in administration's real estate policies.


On the morning of the 21st at 7 AM, the keyword "Moon Jae-in Step Down" also appeared in Naver's real-time search current affairs section. It is known that members of the Naver cafe "Meeting for Relief of Victims of the June 17 Regulation Retroactive Application," who oppose the Moon Jae-in administration's real estate regulation policies, repeatedly searched this phrase intensively, bringing it to the real-time search.


Meanwhile, not stopping at online protests such as the real-time search challenge, cafe members held a candlelight rally condemning real estate policies in front of the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the weekend of the 25th.



Participants in the rally voiced opposition to the Moon Jae-in administration's real estate policies under affiliations such as the "Citizen Group for Relief of Victims of the June 17 Regulation Retroactive Application" and the "Victims' Group of the July 10 Acquisition Tax Retroactive Application." The organizers estimated the number of participants at 5,000.


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