A South Korean man has reportedly been fined 4 million won (US$3,564) for editing his now-president’s Wikipedia bio to say he was from North Korea.
In February, frontrunner Moon Jae-in was just three months away from securing South Korea’s 2017 presidential election when a 53-year-old man, identified only by his surname ‘Yang,’ reportedly edited the politician’s Wikipedia page to falsely identify him as being North Korean.
Yang made the same changes on another politician’s page, the mayor of Seongnam, Lee Jae-myung, who was also vying for the Democratic Party’s nomination.
The man, a software development company employee, allegedly corrected the misinformation six hours later but, nevertheless, the National Election Commission referred him to the prosecution for investigation.
