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  • 2022-11-17 (xsd:date)
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  • Still image of South Korean movie falsely shared as 'photo of children in North Korean prison camp' (en)
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  • A photo which seems to show children doing manual labour have been shared in Korean-language social media posts falsely claiming that it shows child prisoners in a notorious North Korean prison camp. In fact, the picture is a still of Crossing, a South Korean film about North Korean defectors. The movie was released in 2008, and filmed in South Korea, China and Mongolia. North Korean children forced to labour at Yodok concentration camp, reads the Korean-language post, shared here on South Korean social media platform Band on November 10, 2022. The post included a photo which seems to show children doing manual labour. Screenshot of the misleading post, captured November 11, 2022 Yodok Political Prison Camp is a notorious labour camp for political prisoners in North Korea's Yodok county. A 2021 report issued by South Korea's Ministry of Unification cited various witness testimonies that said the camp's inmates included families with children, who were forced to do farming and mining labour. Separately, the US Department of State noted in its 2021 report on human rights practises in North Korea that credible reports from the country attested to a variety of human rights violations, including the worst forms of child labor. North Korea's state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported in 2021 that hundreds of children volunteered to work in state-run coal mines and farms. The identical photo was also shared alongside a similar claim on Band here and here , as well as Facebook . However, the claim is false. Film still A reverse image search on Google, followed by keyword searches, found the photo was published here on the page about South Korean movie Crossing on Internet portal Naver. It is one of the 76 film stills from Crossing, a movie released in 2008. According to entertainment database IMDb, Crossing is a drama film about a young boy in North Korea who wants to find his father who is forced to become a refugee in South Korea. Screenshot of the Crossing movie still on Naver The movie -- said to be inspired by a true story of a North Korean defector whose son died en route to Mongolia after escaping the North -- stars several prominent South Korean actors, including Cha In-pyo, who plays the father. Child actor Myeong-cheol Shin -- the boy wearing a blue shirt and pants in the picture -- plays Cha's son. Crossing was filmed in South Korea, China and Mongolia, according to the Korean Film Council. The same picture was also published on Hancinema , a website of South Korean movies, and by Busan-based daily Kukje Shinmun in its 2008 report about the movie. Below is a screenshot comparison between the photo in the misleading post (left) and the Crossing movie still on Naver (right). Screenshot comparison between the photo in the misleading post (left) and the Crossing movie still on Naver (right) Crossing is currently available to watch in South Korea on subscription streaming service Netflix. Screenshot of the film Crossing on Netflix, captured November 16, 2022 Below is a screenshot comparison of the movie still on Naver (left) and a scene from the movie on Netflix (right), with corresponding features highlighted by AFP: Screenshot comparison of the Crossing movie still on Naver (left) and a scene from the movie on Netflix (right) (en)
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