🇰🇷 A map of South Korean forest fires in 2022 has been shared repeatedly in posts that falsely claim the map relates to blazes that broke out this month. A forestry official told AFP the fires were 'accidental', not deliberate, as the posts claimed
An old map of South Korean forest fires in 2022 has been shared repeatedly in social media posts that falsely claim the map relates to blazes in April 2023, and that they broke out in all provinces except one. In fact, a South Korean forestry official told AFP that the fires, which also erupted in the highlighted province, were"accidental", dismissing the posts' misleading claim that a group sympathetic to one area was responsible for starting them.on Facebook on April 3, 2023.
The map appears to show all regions of South Korea on fire, with the exception of Jeolla province in the southwest.More fires broke out just over one week later, with one eight-hourScreenshot of the misleading claim shared on Facebook. Captured April 13, 2023. Korean-language text superimposed on the image read:"Current situation of forest fires across the country. Nationwide fires broke out nationwide except for Jeolla province".
The text goes on to say:"Lee Seok-ki said fires should be lit when important events break out!", referring to a controversial left-wing formerThe post implies that the April 2023 forest fires were deliberately started by forces sympathetic to Lee. It also implies that the Jeolla region was spared from the nationwide fires due to its alignment with such forces, playing into a long-standing regionalist prejudice in South Korea regarding Jeolla's
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