Editorial standard
Trust is a format.
Start with the Korean source
We look for the agency statement, court notice, chart, public filing or original Korean report before relying on a translated summary.
Label certainty
Confirmed, Reported and Context labels appear near the headline. Repetition does not turn an anonymous post into confirmation.
Protect people
We do not infer health, relationships or private conduct from photographs and anonymous posts.
License every image
A credit line is not permission. We publish official media assets with reuse rights, public-domain work, clearly licensed photographs or original Seoul Current illustrations, and show the creator, source and rights status beside the image.
Label editorial illustrations
AI-assisted editorial images are identified in the caption. They use fictional people, are not production stills and are not presented as depictions of real performers.
Correct in public
Material errors are corrected promptly and the article explains what changed.