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.
A YouTube video is claiming that South Korea sent its navy to the West Philippine Sea to fight China. This is misleading.
The South Korean government is only set to give a small warship called a corvette, not a submarine, to the Philippines.
A Facebook video claimed that the Philippines and South Korea have entered into an alliance to oppose China. This is false.
A Facebook video claiming to show footage of severe flooding in South Korea last week used clips taken at different years and locations.
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.
Several netizens posted status updates claiming that Filipinos can now apply as domestic helpers in South Korea directly through the POEA. These are false.
The page’s post was an apparent attempt to show the supposedly similar conditions of commuters in the Philippines and its two Asian neighbors.
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.