Yonhap News AgencyMay 22, 2013 23:45
SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- The chief editor of a local online media outlet has been indicted on charges of publishing articles carrying false rumors about President Park Geun-hye and her brother, prosecutors said Thursday.
Paik Eun-jong, the 60-year-old chief editor of the media Web site Voice of Seoul, is accused of spreading false and defamatory information in two articles that separately said President Park gave birth to a baby out of wedlock and Park's younger brother Ji-man masterminded the murder of his relative, according to the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office.
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