Search for 'Doridori' Blocked Because of Yoon Seok-yeol? ... Turns Out It's a 'Drug Slang'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol earned the nickname 'Dori Dori Yoon' for frequently shaking his head side to side during his presidential candidacy press conference. Meanwhile, controversy arose among netizens as image searches for 'Dori Dori' were blocked on a portal site.

On the 30th, numerous posts appeared on online communities and blogs stating that image searches for 'Dori Dori' were not working on the portal site Naver.

When searching for 'Dori Dori' on Naver, a notice appears stating that image search results related to 'Dori Dori' cannot be viewed due to the keyword being reported for rights infringement such as defamation, copyright violation, personal information leakage, or because it is a keyword that may expose illegal information or harmful content to youth.

Some netizens speculated that Naver intentionally blocked image searches related to 'Dori Dori' to support former Prosecutor General Yoon. On the competing portal site Daum, searching 'Dori Dori' yields photos of former Prosecutor General Yoon, fueling conspiracy theories.

A post uploaded on a blog on the 30th. Photo by Naver Blog Capture.

However, upon verification, Naver's blocking of 'Dori Dori' image searches was revealed to be aimed at preventing drug-related posts. 'Dori Dori' is a slang term for ecstasy, a drug with strong hallucinogenic effects, mainly traded in clubs where people dance, hence the name.

A Naver official explained in a phone call with Media Today, "Since 'Dori Dori' is a drug-related slang term harmful to youth, it has been blocked since 2014," adding, "It is an internally blocked keyword for the past seven years, and it is unreasonable from a policy standpoint to open it now just because it became a topic yesterday."

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