"Correcting Fake News"... Presidential Office Establishes 'The Facts Are This' Section on Homepage

Abbreviation 'Saida'... Correcting Negativity Circulating in Media and Public

According to officials from the Presidential Office on the 23rd, the Presidential Office recently added a "Cider" section to the "Notices to the Public" corner on its website and began correcting misinformation circulating in the market.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] The Presidential Office has established a new section on its website called "This is the Fact" (abbreviated as Saida) to respond to negative and fake news.

According to officials from the Presidential Office on the 23rd, the office recently added the "Saida" section to the "Notice to the People" corner on its website and began correcting misinformation circulating in the public domain.

There is a growing concern within and outside the Presidential Office that false information spreading online is increasingly perceived as fact by the public, posing an obstacle to President Yoon Seok-yeol's governance momentum.

Additionally, the Presidential Office has added a Presidential Office section to the "This is the Fact" corner on the government's official website, "Korea Policy Briefing," in collaboration with government ministries.

Currently, several secretariat offices, including the spokesperson office under Chief Spokesperson Kim Eun-hye and the New Media Secretary Office, are collaborating to respond to negative information about the Presidential Office. The spokesperson office prepares rebuttal materials, which the New Media Secretary Office processes and posts.

Not only fake news but also government promotional content using platforms like YouTube is emerging one after another. Recently, YouTube Shorts videos showcasing candid moments of President Yoon, such as about 50 door-stepping (brief Q&A on the way to work) scenes, have been produced. It is known that these videos were created by administrative staff in their 20s from the New Media Secretary Office.

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