Doctored image shared as 'South Koreans waving Japanese flags after President Yoon's Tokyo visit'

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Doctored image shared as 'South Koreans waving Japanese flags after President Yoon's Tokyo visit'
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Demonstrators in Seoul carrying the Japanese flag after President Yoon Suk Yeol met Japan's PM Fumio Kishida? ❌ The image has been altered from a photo showing supporters of Park Guen-hye waving South Korean flags during a rally in January 2017

He also provided AFP with three screenshots from his blog post displaying both the original photo and the altered image, which is identical to the one shared in the misleading posts.Screenshots of the Naver Blog post, displaying both the original photo and the altered imageAFP that he had altered the photo himself, replacing the South Korean flags with Japanese flags, in order to"poke fun" at Park's supporters.

It continues:"The South Korean flag flew proudly in the hands of heroes who fought for independence. But why must our proud national flag be reduced and shamed in the hands of these [protesters]?"to impeach Park, the country's first female president, in December 2016, over a corruption scandal involving her close aide.

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