YouTuber accused of spreading false claims about ‘dismembered bodies’ in Korea

The National Police Agency said Friday it had referred a case involving the spread of misleading information to prosecutors, targeting a YouTuber surnamed Jo who allegedly made unsubstantiated claims disparaging South Korea. Jo, who has nearly 1 million subscribers and is based in Japan, claimed in an October video posted in Japanese that 37 unidentified bodies with their upper bodies severed had been discovered in South Korea. He also alleged that 80,000 people were missing and that Korean auth

By The Korea Herald