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Ji Man-Won, Charged with 'May 18 Distortion,' Sent to Prosecution Under arrest... Request to Delete and Block Posts on Website

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(Suwon=Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Jong-ho = Conservative commentator Ji Man-won, who is accused of spreading false information on the internet that defames the honor of the victims and bereaved families of the May 18 Democratization Movement...

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Ji Man-won, who claimed that North Korean troops intervened in the May 18 Democratization Movement, has been referred to the Prosecution Service while in custody. The Cyber Investigation Division of the Gyeonggi Southern Prosecutors' Office referred Mr. Ji, who is charged with violating the "Special Act on the May 18 Democratization Movement, etc." and the "Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Pr…

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The police sent YouTuber Jeon-han-gil to the Seoul Central District Police on suspicion of spreading false facts about North Korean military intervention in the 5·18 democracy movement and major politicians. Since last year, Jeon has continued to be charged with defamatory remarks relating to a specific politician on his YouTube channel, and the police determined that the charges were recognized as a result of the investigation and handed over t…

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yoon Min-hyeok = The police have referred YouTuber and former Korean history lecturer Jeon Han-gil, who is accused of claiming that North Korea intervened in the May 18 Democratization Movement, to the indictment office...

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Jeon Han-gil, a conservative YouTuber and former Korean history lecturer who claimed that North Korea intervened in the May 18 Democratization Movement, has been referred to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on charges of spreading false information. According to the police on the 2nd, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Metropolitan Crime Investigation Unit referred Mr. Jeon to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on …

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The police have referred YouTuber and former Korean history lecturer Jeon Han-gil to the indictment office for claiming that North Korea intervened in the May 18 Democratization Movement. According to the police, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Metropolitan Crime Investigation Division announced on the 2nd that it had referred Mr. Jeon to the Seoul Central District Indictment Office on the 30th of last month on charges of violating the Sp…

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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