FACT CHECK: Clip of impeachment dismissal refers to SoKor leader, NOT VP Sara
A Facebook page is claiming the Supreme Court dismissed the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. This is false.
Tag Archives: South Korea
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: South Korea did NOT send its navy to WPS
A YouTube video is claiming that South Korea sent its navy to the West Philippine Sea to fight China. This is misleading.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video on South Korea giving a submarine to Philippine Navy MISLEADS
The South Korean government is only set to give a small warship called a corvette, not a submarine, to the Philippines.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO PH-South Korea alliance against China
A Facebook video claimed that the Philippines and South Korea have entered into an alliance to oppose China. This is false.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Clips of different flood events NOT in South Korea
A Facebook video claiming to show footage of severe flooding in South Korea last week used clips taken at different years and locations.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: SCAM ang posts tungkol sa pagha-hire ng Korea ng mga Pilipinong kasambahay
Kumakalat sa Facebook ang isang abisong nagsasabi na puwedeng dumiretso sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) ang mga Pilipinong nais mag-apply bilang kasambahay sa South Korea.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts about PH-SoKor hiring program for Filipino domestic helpers are FALSE
Several netizens posted status updates claiming that Filipinos can now apply as domestic helpers in South Korea directly through the POEA. These are false.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Queue in Japan MISLEADINGLY used to show commuters in S. 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.
North Korea in the lives of Filipinos
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.
