Scenes from a 2016 documentary about South Korean police patrols have been reshared in posts falsely claiming they show a Chinese man arrested for heckling a ruling party candidate in the capital Seoul during pivotal parliamentary elections in April 2024. There have been no official reports of arrests related to the obstruction of the candidate's election campaign as of April 29.
While South Korean broadcasters correctly predicted a sweeping victory for the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea in Wednesday's general election, the actual margin of victory was not as great as their forecasts suggested. When the counting had concluded on Thursday, the main opposition Democratic Party claimed 161 out of the 254 seats in electoral districts, while the ruling People Power Party claimed 90.