Lee vows zero tolerance for those who defame disaster victims

President Lee Jae Myung said Sunday he will not tolerate those who insult victims and bereaved families of social disasters.

"I will order authorities to thoroughly investigate and sternly punish" anyone who does so, he said, citing a recent case in which a man in his 50s was arrested for allegedly posting more than 3,000 defamatory messages targeting victims and their families of the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking, the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush and the 2024 Jeju Air crash.

"Why on earth would someone ...