Shim Kyu-Seok

Seoul

Digital Verification Editor at Agence France-Presse (AFP)

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Manipulated newscast shared online as 'North Korean directive to agents in the South'

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok

A fabricated video featuring a right-wing student group's statement criticising former South Korean president Moon Jae-in has surfaced in social media posts falsely claiming it is a "directive" from North Korea to its agents in the South. It misuses North Korean state media footage from an old report about New Year's celebrations that did not mention South Korea.
Coldplay did not endorse candidate in South Korean leadership race

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok

As South Korea prepares for snap polls triggered by ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, a video surfaced online with fabricated subtitles that make it appear as if Coldplay frontman Chris Martin endorsed presidential hopeful Na Kyung-won during the band's recent concert in Seoul. In fact, Martin was jokingly nominating his bandmate Will Champion for president.
Fake subtitles misrepresent Trump comments as insults against former S. Korean president

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok

Three clips from US President Donald Trump's first term in office have been shared in a compilation alongside social media posts falsely claiming they show him mocking Moon Jae-in. The subtitles seen in the video are fabricated, and the original clips do not show Trump mentioning the former South Korean leader directly.
Photos of top judge in Yoon impeachment case with red eye predate verdict by months

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok

"Who beat you up, the international mafia?" reads the Korean-language claim shared on Facebook on April 7. The attached graphic shows a screenshot of a JoongAng Ilbo headline that reads, "Jeong Hyeong-shik, appointed by Yoon, wrote the court verdict ordering Yoon's removal" (archived link). Below that are two pictures of the Constitutional Court Jeong with one bloodshot eye. "Was [Jeong] beaten up before writing the verdict ordering [Yoon's] dismissal?" reads text underneath.
Photo shows South Korean politician displaying stock chart, not attacking Trump

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok

Ahead of a snap election to replace impeached South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol, social media users have shared an altered image of presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung showing off a picture describing US President Donald Trump as a "nutjob." In the original photo from November 2024, Lee displays a stock chart for a company embroiled in a manipulation scandal involving Yoon's wife.
Old Biden-Yoon photo misrepresented as S. Korean leader's 'secret meeting' with top judge

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok

As South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol awaited a decision on whether he would be removed from office, a photo was falsely shared in posts that claimed it showed the impeached leader being "reassured" by his Constitutional Court appointee. The picture in fact shows Yoon walking with former US president Joe Biden after a joint press conference at Camp David in August 2023.
Photos of S.Korean academic misrepresented as top justice visiting North

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok

As South Korea's Constitutional Court nears a verdict on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, social media posts have repeatedly shared a photo collage they falsely claim depicts Justice Moon Hyung-bae visiting North Korea. But the man in the pictures is South Korean academic and politician Kim Geun-shik at a summit in Pyongyang in 2007.
South Korean pastor vows revolt against Yoon's impeachment

2 months ago | japantimes.co.jp | Shim Kyu-Seok

If South Korea formally impeaches its suspended president over his martial law debacle, one firebrand pastor says he is ready for "revolution."Evangelical preacher Jun Kwang-hoon is one of President Yoon Suk Yeol's most fervent defenders, calling Yoon's December 3 martial law declaration a "gift from God."He has been prepping his followers to take action for weeks, and Yoon's release from detention over the weekend on procedural grounds has turbo-charged the 68-year-old's sermons.
South Korean Pastor Vows Revolt Against Yoon's Impeachment

2 months ago | barrons.com | Shim Kyu-Seok

If South Korea formally impeaches its suspended president over his martial law debacle, one firebrand pastor says he is ready for "revolution". Evangelical preacher Jun Kwang-hoon is one of President Yoon Suk Yeol's most fervent defenders, calling Yoon's December 3 martial law declaration a "gift from God". He has been prepping his followers to take action for weeks, and Yoon's release from detention over the weekend on procedural grounds has turbo-charged 68-year-old Jun's sermons.
South Korean Pastor Vows Revolt Against Yoon's Impeachment

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Shim Kyu-Seok

11 hours agoSeoul-based ganjang gejang (soy-marinated crab) specialist Gebang Sikdang, which earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand earlier this year, is opening a permanent location in the former Hibi space in Koreatown, which closed on March 2. Gebang was initially supposed to only take over Hibi for a limited-run …

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