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Published on 15/12/2022

Erroneous chart shares 'inflated' data on birth defects in South Korea

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Published on 07/12/2022

North Korea did not criticise ex-South Korean leader for 'abandoning' dogs gifted by Kim Jong Un

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Covid-19
Published on 06/12/2022

South Korean influencer had suspected epileptic seizure, did not 'die during livestream'

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World Cup 2022
Published on 01/12/2022

Satire posts about 'Japan team dressing room after World Cup loss' mislead online

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Published on 28/11/2022

Time magazine rejects fabricated ranking of 'leaders most likely to harm world'

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Published on 24/11/2022

South Korea held reception for Spanish PM at presidential office, not construction site

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Published on 17/11/2022

Posts mislead about South Korean government compensation for Seoul crowd crush victims

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Published on 10/11/2022

Pictures show Halloween revellers in Seoul's Itaewon district a day before fatal crush, not after

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Published on 07/11/2022

Korean posts share false claim about 'military service exemption for men who live in DMZ village'

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Published on 02/11/2022

Video of South Korean students' celebration shared in false posts about deadly Halloween crowd crush

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Published on 27/10/2022

Photo shows Moon Jae-in bowing to South Korean veteran, not top North Korean official

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Published on 26/10/2022

False posts share old photo of evacuation drill as 'scene of Korean Air plane crash in 2022'

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Published on 17/10/2022

This photo shows Japan's rising sun flag on a submarine from April 2016, not from recent drills

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Published on 11/10/2022

South Korean posts falsely claim infertility test can 'reveal woman's sexual history'

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Published on 15/09/2022

Satirical image of 'South Korean first lady at flood cleanup' misleads Facebook users

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Published on 05/09/2022

South Korean posts mislead with 'effective illiteracy' claim

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Published on 22/08/2022

False posts share old weather report about 'frost on South Korea's highest peak'

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Published on 18/08/2022

Video shows a storm over Perth, Australia -- not a downpour in South Korea in 2022

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Published on 11/08/2022

Video shows man wakeboarding through flooded Moscow, not Seoul

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Published on 05/08/2022

Doctored photo of former South Korea PM originally featured different message about Moon Jae-in

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Published on 01/08/2022

Posts misrepresent South Korea culture ministry's plans for demolished colonial governor residence

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Published on 27/07/2022

Posts misleadingly claim photo shows 'small turnout' at 2022 Seoul Pride festival

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Published on 22/07/2022

Health experts warn against using bleach to 'treat athlete's foot'

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Published on 15/07/2022

This photo of a landslide at South Korean solar farm has circulated online since at least August 2020

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Published on 14/07/2022

Edited image misleads in posts claiming Trump statue replaced destroyed US monument

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Published on 04/07/2022

Posts falsely claim UN accepted South Korea's 'territorial claim' over part of Antarctica

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Published on 24/06/2022

This photo shows a clothing distribution centre, not wardrobe of South Korea's former first lady

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Published on 14/06/2022

Doctored photo shared in anti-Chinese posts about 'people hired to protest ex-South Korean leader'

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