Fact Check: Is the crowd demanding resignation of South Korea’s President after martial law? Know the truth of the viral picture

New Delhi: Even though martial law has been withdrawn in South Korea within a few hours, posts regarding it are being continuously shared on X. Amidst all those posts, a picture is being shared a lot on X. In which a crowd of thousands of people is visible. While sharing this picture, it is being claimed that this picture is of demand for the resignation of the President. Which has come on the road.

Users made this claim

Some posts are going viral on social media. Which is being said to be after the imposition of martial law in South Korea. While sharing this picture, a user named @Joe_Cooel claimed that people in South Korea have taken to the streets and are moving towards Rashtrapati Bhavan demanding the resignation of the President.

Another user @magwaz3 also shared this picture and claimed that the people of South Korea are marching towards Rashtrapati Bhavan to force him/her to resign.

The claim turned out to be false during investigation

When the alert team investigated this picture viral on social media, this claim was proved wrong. In fact, when Sajjag’s team reverse searched this picture with the help of Google Lens, this picture was seen related to the media report on Google. one of abc Report According to this, this picture is of the protests that took place in South Korea in the year 2016. This protest took place demanding the resignation of Park Geun-hye. In which thousands of people took out a march.

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During Sajjak’s investigation, a YouTube report of Euronews was also found. In which this picture was mentioned. That report is also eight years old.

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conclusion: According to Sajjak’s investigation, the crowd of thousands demanding the resignation of the President is not recent but eight years old. It is currently being shared with misleading claims.