Did Time magazine publish a cover story describing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as The Doormat? ❌ No, the cover -- first appeared on a satirical website -- has been digitally altered. Time did not publish the purported cover.
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A satirical Time magazine cover story describing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as"The Doormat" who is working to"make his country dependant on the United States and Japan" has been shared repeatedly on social media. The image, however, was first posted on a satirical website that labelled it a fake cover., while AFP found no trace of such an image on the magazine's website as of May 4.
"Suk Yeol featured on the cover of this week's Time magazine, called a doormat," reads this Korean-language claim sharedThe tweet features a Time magazine cover, dated April 27, 2023, that shows a portrait of Yoon alongside an English-language headline that reads,"The Doormat" and"Yoon Suk-yeol wants his country to become a dependant country of the United States and Japan".
Korean text overlaid on the image goes on to explain the meaning of the English expression"doormat", reading"definition: an idiot who cannot stand up to others".Similar claims were shared on Facebook
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