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Park In-hwan encourages mail centre staff supporting narcotics inspections

Park In-hwan (박인환), head of the Korea Postal Service, visited the Anyang Mail Center on May 28 to inspect narcotics screening facilities and the handling of election mail, and encouraged staff. The Postal Service has set up dedicated spaces for narcotics inspections at several mail centres since last month. The Korea Customs Service conducts inspections there of all inbound mail. Three drug-containing parcels were detected over two months.

AI & Enterprise

Deepfake reports top 10,000 ahead of local elections, government steps up response

South Korea has received more than 10,000 requests to delete posts suspected of violating election rules by using deepfakes, a week before nationwide local elections. The Interior and Safety Ministry held an inter-agency working meeting on May 28 led by Vice Minister Kim Min-jae. Police said 921 people had been caught by May 27 for suspected black propaganda such as false or fake news. Authorities said they are working with regulators and the election commission on detection, deletion, complaints and investigations.

Games & Commerce

Platforms step up election information to curb falsehoods and comment abuse

With the June 3 nationwide local elections nearing, major platforms including Naver, Daum and TikTok are strengthening systems to provide election information and respond to false information and comment abuse. They are focusing on upgrading AI-based detection and linking users to authoritative election information, while differing in how they structure special pages and enforcement. Naver is limiting comments on political stories. Daum is adding AI-driven features and abnormal-pattern detection. TikTok is building an in-app election center and labeling AI-generated content.