【South Korean internet celebrity video blogger died in Ukraine?】 Korean media: It is likely to be fake news] # Korean media said that the death of Internet celebrity bloggers in Ukraine may be fake news # Lee Geun, an Internet celebrity video blogger from the South Korean Naval Special Operations Corps (UDT), recently went to Ukraine as a "Ukrainian Volunteer Army", causing concern in South Korea. Recently, there have been rumors that Li Gen has been killed in the war in Ukraine. However, a number of Korean media such as "South Korean Economy" and "JoongAng Daily" analyzed on the 12th that Li Gen's death in battle is likely to be false news.
According to the Korea Economic Journal, the news of Lee Geun's death came from a Ukrainian-language document. The document mentions that 3 South Koreans who carried out special operations near Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, were killed. The document began to be disseminated on major online community platforms in South Korea on the 11th, and a Korean translation was attached.
However, the Korean Economy believes that the content of this document is likely not true. It has been speculated that the document was not translated into Korean in the original Ukrainian language, but was first written in Korean and then converted into Ukrainian with translation software. The JoongAng Daily also said that there was a decisive error in the content of the document.
In addition, the South Korean Foreign Ministry did not issue a formal position on the incident related to the "death of Lee Gen in battle", but on the afternoon of the 10th, it submitted a report letter to the Police Department about Lee Gen and 2 unidentified people who left the country together. As a result, some considered the contents of the document to be untrustworthy.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean government has issued a ban on travel to Ukraine on the 13th of last month. On the 7th, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said on the news that South Koreans are interested in volunteering to join the International Volunteer Army to participate in the war in Ukraine, saying that if they enter Ukraine without authorization, they will face criminal penalties and administrative sanctions involving passports on the grounds of violating the Passport Law.
Li Gen was known to the public for his participation in the YouTube program "Fake Man". On the 6th of this month, Li Gen posted on his Instagram and YouTube channels the news of the war in Ukraine, which immediately caused concerns about the government.
