CCP Develops Disinformation Campaign to Interfere in South Korea’s Election

The goal is to sow division between different parts of South Korea.

A woman leaves a voting booth to cast her absentee ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, on April 10, 2020. Heo Ran/Reuters

As the 2024 South Korean legislative election nears, a South Korean study shows that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been attempting to divide public opinion by spreading disinformation on social media in the country.

South Korea’s daily newspaper Hankook Ilbo reported on Dec. 22 that the CCP has organized an influence campaign on South Korea’s largest web portal Naver. Within three months, at least more than 30,000 comments were left by China-based fake accounts to divide public opinion and to influence the Korean people. The CCP is infiltrating South Korea’s online platforms, and the country’s National Intelligence Service also recognizes the seriousness of the problem and is closely monitoring the situation.