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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Queue in Japan MISLEADINGLY used to show commuters in S. Korea

By VERA Files | Aug 03, 2022 6:30 PM

A photo of a queue taken outside an embassy in Tokyo, Japan, was used by a Facebook (FB) page to misrepresent commuters in South Korea. The page’s post was an apparent attempt to show the supposedly similar conditions of commuters in the Philippines and its two Asian neighbors. FB page President BBM Supporters’ post was […]

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North Korea in the lives of Filipinos

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Jul 17, 2017 8:07 AM

I’m intrigued by the results of the survey conducted by the American fact tank, Pew Research Center, showing only Filipinos, among seven countries in Asia Pacific, have a generally positive view of North Korea.