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After a hidden camera caught President Roh Moo Hyun's personal secretary Yang Gil Seung on June 28 at the Kiss Super Night Club south of Seoul, major newspapers and networks reported that the club's owner, under investigation for tax evasion and pimping, asked Yang to block the police probe. The President was furious—at the media. "The unjust oppression by the press must not be tolerated," he told government officials earlier this month. On Aug. 13, Roh sued South Korea's three biggest dailies for reporting an allegation by an opposition lawmaker that Roh bought land under his brother's and chauffeur's names (which Roh denies), an unprecedented challenge by a sitting president. Investigators have called Yang in for questioning (though he denies any wrongdoing), and the opposition wants a probe of the President's land deals. Last week, Roh hinted he might not pursue the lawsuits until he leaves office. Is the President kissing and making up—or does he want a court date instead?

• Donald Macintyre | Seoul
• South Korea's president is fuming over media allegations of financial and legal impropriety