A woman in her 40s fined 3 million won for insulting IU… Court says “No remorse, strict punishment needed”
A 40-year-old woman who repeatedly left malicious comments targeting the singer and actress IU has once again been fined for defamation. Judge Im Jeong-bin of the Seoul Central District Court sentenced the defendant, Ms. Kim, to a fine of 3 million Korean won for the charge of defamation on the 5th. Kim has a previous record of receiving a fine for a similar offense in 2023. Kim was indicted for posting comments on a news article related to IU's agency, EDAM Entertainment, on a portal site around February 2023, including sexually inappropriate expressions along with the sentence "Did you bribe the judge?" Kim claimed during the trial that the comments were not written by her, but the court did not accept this defense. The court stated, "Considering the common meaning and context of the exp...