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3 weeks ago | 
macaubusiness.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
South Koreans began voting Tuesday for a new president, capping six months of political upheaval following ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s disastrous declaration of martial law. A handful of elderly voters lined up at a polling station in Seoul’s Munrae-dong area at 6:00 am (2100 GMT) to cast their ballots.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
An image of Democratic Party politicians holding up chopsticks to represent the number "one" has surfaced in posts that falsely claim the gesture alludes to offensive remarks allegedly made by presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung's son. The image was taken from a video of the politicians raising the utensils to symbolise Lee's ballot number. Warning: graphic language in paragraph six"The Democratic Party has no shame.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
The outcome of this week's presidential elections in South Korea may still be unknown, but shaman Yang Su-bong tells AFP the winner came to her in visions years ago. South Koreans go to the polls on Tuesday to choose their next president, a snap vote triggered by ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol's disastrous declaration of martial law in December.
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3 weeks ago | 
japantimes.co.jp | Shim Kyu-Seok
A photo of the frontrunner bowing to a Mao Zedong statue? News reports claiming U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed a long-shot candidate? Not true, and they're just examples of South Korea's election misinformation problems. With the country set to vote on Tuesday for a new leader to replace ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached over a botched martial law declaration, there has been an explosion of false claims online. AFP takes a look at some of the worst offenders:
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
A photo of the frontrunner bowing to a Mao Zedong statue? News reports claiming US President Donald Trump endorsed a long-shot candidate? Not true, just examples of South Korea's election misinformation problems. With the country set to vote on Tuesday for a new leader to replace ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached over a botched martial law declaration, there has been an explosion of false claims online.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
US President Donald Trump repealed numerous executive orders promoting LGBTQ equality, but a video circulating online of Trump apparently announcing the cancellation of Pride Month in June has been manipulated using AI. The original footage used to create the clip shows Trump wishing Jewish people a happy Passover. "Trump: June's Pride Month is cancelled," reads a Korean-language X post on May 21.
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1 month ago | 
malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
SHIM Kyu-Seok / AFP South Korea23 May 2025 at 3:12 am·2-min readWeeks before South Korea's presidential election, a photo of one of frontrunner Lee Jae-myung's campaign trucks on its side resurfaced in posts falsely claiming it was taken after an accident in May 2025. The incident occurred in February 2022, and Lee's Democratic Party said no similar crashes have occurred in the lead-up to this year's poll. The photo spread May 18, 2025 on Facebook with the caption: "2025.05.18 (Sunday) 15:33.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
With less than three weeks until South Korea’s presidential election, a graphic was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed the latest polling data published on May 13. The graphic, which suggests People Power Party candidate Kim Moon-soo is leading the Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung, in fact uses figures collected in January and February.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
With weeks left until South Korea's presidential election on June 3, social media users have repeatedly shared an AI-generated video alongside claims it shows poll frontrunner Lee Jae-myung "faking" his 2023 hunger strike in protest of the then-administration's policies. The clip -- which was generated using a genuine photo of Lee -- features inconsistencies typical of AI generation, such as disappearing objects and visual elements that change throughout.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
After South Korea's former acting president Han Duck-soo declared his intention to stand for the top job in early May 2025, a doctored image was repeatedly shared in social media posts claiming it showed US President Donald Trump "watching and supporting" the announcement. The image was created by splicing footage of Han's announcement onto a photo of Trump watching news channels on a TV at the White House in December 2020.
