Conservative YouTuber appears in court on charges of defaming president, minor party leader

Conservative YouTuber Jeon Han-gil appeared at a court Thursday to attend a hearing on his potential arrest on charges of defaming President Lee Jae Myung and Lee Jun-seok, leader of the minor Reform Party.

2026-04-16

District court upholds ruling of man who doxxed suspected Miryang gang rape perpetrators

A man who doxxed not only perpetrators in the Miryang gang rape case but also their relatives and unrelated individuals was handed the same fine on appeal by a district court as in the lower court.

2026-03-27

Top court rules that ex-dictator's memoir distorted 1980 pro-democracy uprising, defamed participants

The Supreme Court finalized a lower court’s ruling on Thursday that the memoir of former President Chun Doo Hwan distorted the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising and defamed those involved, ordering damages and restricting publication of the book.

2026-02-12

YouTuber who spread false information about SK Group chairman given suspended sentence

A Seoul court on Thursday handed a suspended sentence to a YouTuber who spread false information about SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and his live-in partner, Kim Hee-young.

2026-01-15

Man arrested after claiming Itaewon disaster was 'staged,' victims were 'sex dolls'

A man was arrested for repeatedly spreading false information about the Itaewon disaster and mocking the victims and their families.

2026-01-04

'No leniency': Lee Yi-kyung sues woman behind sexual harrassment allegations

Actor Lee Yi-kyung spoke out about the recent controversy surrounding his private life and subsequent departure from a show, saying he felt “furious” at every moment since the controversy broke out.

2025-11-21

Actor Lee Yi-kyung's agency sues woman who accused him of sexual harassment

Sangyoung ENT, actor Lee Yi-kyung's agency, announced on Wednesday that it has sued a woman who spread false rumors online about Lee's private life amid ongoing controversy surrounding the actor.

2025-11-19

BBC apologizes to Trump over its misleading edit, but says there's no basis for a defamation claim

The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021 but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1 billion lawsuit threat.

2025-11-14

Guilty of defamation for naming bullies? Libel law under scrutiny over fines for facts.

A slew of cases that found victims of bullying and single mothers chasing child support guilty of defamation and on the hook for compensation has once again put the penalty for stating facts under the legal microscope.

2025-11-11

Ruling in YouTuber Sojang's defamation case upheld by appellate court

An appellate court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s ruling, which sentenced YouTuber Sojang to two years in prison, suspended for three years, for uploading false and defamatory videos about celebrities, including IVE’s Jang Won-young.