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Man gets 1-yr prison term for defaming Sewol ferry, Itaewon crush victims

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On August 24, a Seoul court sentenced a man to one year in prison for posting false information online defaming victims of the Sewol ferry sinking and the Itaewon crowd crush.

The conviction addresses the dissemination of malicious falsehoods targeting the victims of two of South Korea's most significant modern national tragedies, reinforcing legal penalties for online defamation and the spread of disinformation regarding public disasters.

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