Or the real culprit may be Daum itself.

Below is a confession of an employee of Daum, the host company of Agora, a liberal public discussion forum that serves as a command center for the on-going anti-government protests. It was posted about a month ago when Agora users started a hugely popular campaign for impeaching President Lee Myung-bak. But it’s getting new attention because of the incidence described in the previous post:

To users of Agora Free Discussion Room,

I am an employee of Daum. As a citizen of the Republic of Korea, I confess from my heart.

The Agora server lagging is intentionally caused by Daum, which is in emergency mode now and is controlling posts regarding impeaching President Lee Myung-bak.

I am a helpless, powerless employee, and I need to stop now in order not to get caught writing this.

Please do not be fooled by Daum’s tricks, and continue to make efforts.

As a citizen of the Republic of Korea, I feel it’s a shame that people can’t even make criticisms freely.

다음 아고라 토론방 여러분,

저는 Daum에 근무하고있는 사원입니다.

그에 앞서 대한민국의 국민으로써 양심적으로 고백합니다.

아고라의 서버 렉 현상은 다음의 의도적인 것으로써

지금 다음은 비상경계령을 내린상태로써 이명박대통령의

탄핵관련글들을 통제하고있는 상태입니다.

어쩔수없는 힘없는 직원이고 지금도 눈치봐가며 짧은시간동안

글을써야하기에 이렇게 마칩니다.

여러분 Duam의 눈속임에 속지말고 힘써주시기바랍니다.

저또한 대한민국의 국민으로써 참으로 지금 이 사태에대한

국민들이 비판조차 마음놓고할수없다는게 안타까울 따름입니다