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An altered photo has been repeatedly shared in social media posts to falsely claim it shows South Korea's opposition leader Lee Jae-myung eating a plate of steak and lobster among a group of students having ordinary Korean-style meals during a visit to a university. The original photo shows Lee having the same meal ...

A doctored image has been repeatedly shared in Korean-language social media posts that falsely claim it shows schoolchildren bowing to a statue of the former South Korean president Kim Dae-jung in the country's southern city of Gwangju. In 1980, then-opposition leader Kim was arrested on flimsy charges that he insti...

An image of a road flanked by cherry blossoms has been shared in social media posts that falsely claim it shows trees in South Korea cut down on the orders of the country's former President Moon Jae-in for being "too Japanese". But the photo actually shows cherry blossom trees in Gyeongju, South Korea, which street ...

Social media posts widely shared in South Korea claim Malawi changed its national flag to add the yin and yang symbol featured on the South Korean flag to demonstrate its friendship with the Asian country. However, Malawi's information ministry said on April 22, 2022 that the flag had not been changed, while recent photos of the flag at official events do not show any