Shim Kyu-Seok

1 week 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US President Donald Trump repealed numerous executive orders promoting LGBTQ equality, but a video circulating online of Trump apparently announcing the cancellation of Pride Month in June has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.

2 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.