{"id":245559,"date":"2026-02-10T21:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:58:50","slug":"fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Fake News Costing Political Aspirants? The Case of Lee Jae-myung’s Sons and a 300,000 Won Fine"},"content":{"rendered":"
\" Yonhap\"
 Yonhap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[Herald Economy = Reporter Jang Yeon-joo] Lee Soo-jung, chairperson of the Suwon branch of the People Power Party, has appealed a court ruling that imposed a fine equivalent to disqualification from running for office. The ruling came after Lee posted false information on social media claiming that President Lee Jae-myung’s two sons received military exemptions during the 21st presidential election campaign.<\/p>\n

According to legal sources on the 10th, Lee’s legal representative submitted an appeal to the 13th Criminal Division of the Suwon District Court, presided over by Judge Jang Seok-jun.<\/p>\n

On the 5th, the first-instance court fined Lee 3 million KRW (approximately $2,250) for violating the Public Official Election Act (dissemination of false information and defamation of candidates) and the Information and Communications Network Act (defamation).<\/p>\n

The court stated, “Even though the defendant quickly deleted the post, given the internet’s far-reaching impact, there remains a significant risk of undermining voters’ rational judgment. Therefore, we cannot view the offense as minor. Moreover, the defendant has neither reached an agreement with the victim nor received forgiveness.”<\/p>\n

During the sentencing hearing held on the 13th of last month, the prosecution had sought a fine of 5 million KRW (approximately $3,750).<\/p>\n

In her final statement, Lee expressed remorse, saying, “I deeply regret my foolishness in falling for fake news. I sincerely apologize for causing social confusion and unintentionally harming the candidate and his children due to my negligence. I humbly request the court’s leniency.”<\/p>\n

Under the Public Official Election Act, if a fine exceeding 1 million KRW (approximately $750) is confirmed, the individual faces restrictions on running for office for the next five years.<\/p>\n

On May 28 of last year, just before the presidential election, Lee posted on her Facebook account that “Candidate Lee and his two sons all received military exemptions,” which prompted a complaint from the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

Contrary to the post’s claims, however, President Lee’s sons had actually fulfilled their military obligations.<\/p>\n

After posting, Lee deleted the content and explained, “I shared information circulating online for about 10 seconds, then immediately deleted it upon realizing it was incorrect. I sincerely ask for forgiveness.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A political figure has appealed a fine for posting false claims about a presidential candidate’s sons’ military exemptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0083\/image-b4510c5c-ab4c-4c15-a10c-0900878ba308.jpeg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nIs Fake News Costing Political Aspirants? The Case of Lee Jae-myung's Sons and a 300,000 Won Fine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A political figure has appealed a fine for posting false claims about a presidential candidate's sons' military exemptions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ko_KR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is Fake News Costing Political Aspirants? The Case of Lee Jae-myung's Sons and a 300,000 Won Fine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A political figure has appealed a fine for posting false claims about a presidential candidate's sons' military exemptions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"nonhyeon-ilbo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-10T12:45:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-15T06:58:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0083-35028912_thumb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1182\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3\"},\"headline\":\"Is Fake News Costing Political Aspirants? The Case of Lee Jae-myung’s Sons and a 300,000 Won Fine\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-10T12:45:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-15T06:58:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":368,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0083\/image-b4510c5c-ab4c-4c15-a10c-0900878ba308.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/\",\"name\":\"Is Fake News Costing Political Aspirants? The Case of Lee Jae-myung's Sons and a 300,000 Won Fine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0083\/image-b4510c5c-ab4c-4c15-a10c-0900878ba308.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-10T12:45:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-15T06:58:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"A political figure has appealed a fine for posting false claims about a presidential candidate's sons' military exemptions.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0083\/image-b4510c5c-ab4c-4c15-a10c-0900878ba308.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0083\/image-b4510c5c-ab4c-4c15-a10c-0900878ba308.jpeg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\ud648\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/category\/politics\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Is Fake News Costing Political Aspirants? The Case of Lee Jae-myung’s Sons and a 300,000 Won Fine\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"alternateName\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3\",\"name\":\"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/author\/fastmaster\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Is Fake News Costing Political Aspirants? The Case of Lee Jae-myung's Sons and a 300,000 Won Fine","description":"A political figure has appealed a fine for posting false claims about a presidential candidate's sons' military exemptions.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/","og_locale":"ko_KR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Is Fake News Costing Political Aspirants? The Case of Lee Jae-myung's Sons and a 300,000 Won Fine","og_description":"A political figure has appealed a fine for posting false claims about a presidential candidate's sons' military exemptions.","og_url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/","og_site_name":"nonhyeon-ilbo","article_published_time":"2026-02-10T12:45:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-15T06:58:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1182,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0083-35028912_thumb.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/"},"author":{"name":"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3"},"headline":"Is Fake News Costing Political Aspirants? The Case of Lee Jae-myung’s Sons and a 300,000 Won Fine","datePublished":"2026-02-10T12:45:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-15T06:58:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/"},"wordCount":368,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0083\/image-b4510c5c-ab4c-4c15-a10c-0900878ba308.jpeg","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"ko-KR"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/","name":"Is Fake News Costing Political Aspirants? The Case of Lee Jae-myung's Sons and a 300,000 Won Fine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0083\/image-b4510c5c-ab4c-4c15-a10c-0900878ba308.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-02-10T12:45:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-15T06:58:50+00:00","description":"A political figure has appealed a fine for posting false claims about a presidential candidate's sons' military exemptions.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ko-KR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ko-KR","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0083\/image-b4510c5c-ab4c-4c15-a10c-0900878ba308.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0083\/image-b4510c5c-ab4c-4c15-a10c-0900878ba308.jpeg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/fake-news-costing-political-aspirants-case-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\ud648","item":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/category\/politics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Is Fake News Costing Political Aspirants? The Case of Lee Jae-myung’s Sons and a 300,000 Won Fine"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/","name":"nonhyeon-ilbo","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"nonhyeon-ilbo","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ko-KR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization","name":"nonhyeon-ilbo","alternateName":"nonhyeon-ilbo","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ko-KR","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"nonhyeon-ilbo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3","name":"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/author\/fastmaster\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}