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  • 2021-09-10 (xsd:date)
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  • This photo of a former South Korean president making a heart gesture has been doctored (en)
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  • An image that purports to show former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun making a gesture resembling a heart at a summit with then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has been shared repeatedly in multiple social media posts. The image, however, has been doctored. A photo of Roh making the gesture at an unrelated event in 2003 has been inserted into a screenshot of a scene from a 2007 summit, during which Roh did not make any such gesture. The image was shared here on Facebook on September 7, 2021. Its Korean-language caption states: 'This is how you beg for love.' Not with money but with a hand gesture. Screenshot of the misleading post, captured September 8, 2021 The image appears to show Roh on the right, making a heart-shaped gesture with his arms, and Kim on the left looking at him. A higher resolution version of the same image was shared here on Facebook and includes a caption on the bottom that reads, The two leaders salute a ceremonial guard. A news caption on the top left of the image reads, 2007 inter-Korean summit, official welcoming ceremony. Similar images were also shared here and here on Facebook; here on Daum Cafe and here on Twitter. Comments on the posts indicate several users believed the image was genuine. One user wrote: His body is so rigid that his arms barely make it up. Why? Is he doing this. Roh and Moon are a crazy duo. Look at the kinds of things these inferiors do~~, wrote another. The 2007 inter-Korean summit was held between Roh and Kim from October 2 to 4, 2007. The photo, however, has been doctored. 2007 summit Through a Google reverse image search, AFP was able to find a screenshot of a YTN news broadcast of the 2007 summit resembling the image shared on Facebook, published by South Korean news company Newsis on October 2, 2007. The caption reads: On the day of the inter-Korean summit on the 2nd, President Roh Moo-hyun and his wife arrive at a welcoming ceremony at Pyongyang's 425 Cultural Palace greeting grounds and are received by North Korea's Central Defence Committee Chairman Kim Jong Il. A video of the entire welcoming ceremony can be seen in this news clip published by South Korean broadcaster SBS on YouTube. In the video, Roh does not make any heart-shaped gesture with his arms. Below is a screenshot comparison of the doctored image shared on Facebook (L) and a screen capture of a corresponding scene from the SBS news clip (R). Screenshot comparison of the doctored image shared on Facebook (L) and a screen capture from the SBS news clip (R) Another news clip from the same event was published on YouTube here by Hankyoreh, a South Korean news company. Roh's gesture Keyword searches on Google traced the photo of Roh making the heart-shaped gesture to a photograph published by South Korean news agency Yonhap on May 18, 2003, years before the 2007 inter-Korean summit. Screenshot of the Yonhap photograph published in May 2003, captured September 8, 2021 The photo's caption reads in Korean: President Roh Moo-hyun, following the delivery of a lecture at an assembly hall at Chonnam University on the afternoon of the 18th, responds to public fanfare using body language that symbolizes love. (en)
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