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What did a South Korean court find about the National Intelligence Service before the 2012 election?
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Moon Jae-In
South Korea's 12th president, Moon Jae-In, 2017.
A South Korean appellate court ruled that the National Intelligence Service had orchestrated an illegal online whispering campaign directed against opponents of Park Geun-Hye prior to the 2012 presidential election.1
The court did not determine whether this interference had influenced the final outcome of the election.1