Police investigating fake news mocking May 18 democracy uprising

Police said Friday they were investigating fake news posted online mocking the 1980 democracy uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju by claiming the movement was orchestrated by North Korea.

The National Office of Investigation launched the probe after an artificial intelligence-generated newspaper clip dated May 20, 1980, surfaced online with the headline that spies who received instructions from Pyongyang had seized weapons and attacked troops enforcing martial law.

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