Man Sentenced for Spreading False KTU Claims in Education Election The gray November afternoon in the Seoul Western District Court felt heavier than usual, the fluorescent lights casting a stark, unforgiving glow on the faces of the spectators. After months of tense deliberation, the presiding judge finally lifted his head and delivered the verdict that would end a bitter chapter in the city’s civic life. Park In-soo, a 58-year-old former small-business owner and self-described “concerned parent,” was sentenced to a suspended prison term of six months and a fine of ten million won for violating the Public Official Election Act.…

This collection of scholarship maps a rapidly maturing field: the study of misinformation and the search for ways to counter it. At first glance, it reads likea dense bibliography, but beneath the citations liesa vivid and urgent conversation about how people around the world encounter falsehoods, why they believe them, and what can actually be done about it. The research moves from private chat apps in Pakistan to college classrooms in the United States, from refugee camps to high school science lessons, from vaccine campaigns in East Africa to fact-checking war propaganda in Eastern Europe. It is not justa list…