SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean lawmaker has proposed a bill that would allow Internet service providers to delete fake news posts, amid growing concerns over their influence on political stability and evidence from other countries. Lawmaker Lee Eun-kwon, a member of the Liberty Korea Party, set forward a reform bill on Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday called for a stern crackdown on fake news and other election crimes with the presidential election 41 days away. During a meeting of related ministers on preparation for the May 9 election day, Hwang also instructed the government to employ [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of S&T (Science and Technology) Evaluation and Planning presented Monday the top ten promising technologies of the future, which included artificial intelligence that tracks down fake news. Fake news has become a serious social issue for South Korea, as for the rest of the world, costing [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The negative economic impact of fake news on the South Korean economy and society is costing the country an annual loss of a whopping 30 billion won, analysts from the Hyundai Research Institute (HRI) have found. A report on fake news and its economic damage from the HRI released yesterday [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – As the fake news phenomenon is taking the world by storm, South Korea is also feeling the effects of the dangerous media trend, with law enforcement agencies poised to intervene. Five incidents of fake news are currently being investigated by the South Korean police after they reported 19 other [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Adding to Lotte’s recent misery in its business operations in China, the South Korean retail giant has recently been the target of fake news on Chinese online communities that promoted anti-Lotte and anti-Korean sentiment. According to sources from China, an alleged interview with Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin went [...]