金南国诽谤案部分胜诉

法院：“终审前不要认罪” 民主党前议员金南国将获得张艺灿赔偿

A former member of the Democratic Party of Korea has won partial victory in a defamation case against an ex-youth chief of the People Power Party.

朝鲜民主党前党员在针对人民力量党前青年党首的诽谤案中取得了部分胜利。

Kim Nam-guk, a former lawmaker, had filed a damages suit against Jang Ye-chan, who had accused him of ‘illegal coin trading’ during a radio interview last year.

前议员金南国 (Kim Nam-guk) 对张艺灿 (Jang Ye-chan) 提起了损害赔偿诉讼，张艺灿 (Jang Ye-chan) 在去年的一次电台采访中指控他进行“非法硬币交易”。

On Friday, Han Woong-hee, a judge at the Seoul Southern District Court, ruled in part to accept Kim’s claim.

周五，首尔南部地方法院法官韩雄熙(Han Woong-hee)裁定部分接受金的主张。

The court ordered Jang to pay Kim 30 million won ($23,000) in damages, less than the 50 million won that Kim had originally claimed.

法院命令张向金支付 3,000 万韩元（23,000 美元）的赔偿金，低于金最初索赔的 5,000 万韩元。

“According to broadcasting review regulations, one should not express someone as a criminal until a final court judgment is made,” the court noted.

法院指出：“根据广播审查规定，在法院作出最终判决之前，不得将某人描述为犯罪分子。”

“Nevertheless, the defendant rejected the opportunity to correct his statements limited by the host and further specified false facts.”

“然而，被告却拒绝了主持人限制的更正其陈述的机会，并进一步指出了虚假事实。”

The court added, “Even if there are controversies regarding the plaintiff’s virtual asset holdings, transaction timing, and volume, or if the plaintiff’s explanations regarding the controversies are unclear, it is not permissible to defame the plaintiff by recklessly claiming he committed a crime without any basis.”

法院补充说：“即使原告的虚拟资产持有量、交易时间、交易量等存在争议，或者原告对争议的解释不明确，也不能在没有事实依据的情况下肆意宣称自己犯罪，从而诽谤原告。”任何依据。”

In May last year, Jang had taken to social network service posts and a radio interview to raise suspicions that Kim had engaged in illegal coin trading by preemptively knowing listing information.

去年5月，张在社交网络服务帖子和电台采访中怀疑金通过先发制人地了解上市信息来从事非法硬币交易。

Kim filed a damages lawsuit against Jang in September that year, and also filed defamation charges against Jang and fellow party member Kim Sung-won for false statements, but these were concluded with no charges.

金某于当年9月对张成元提起损害赔偿诉讼，并以虚假陈述对张成元和同党党员金成元提出诽谤指控，但最终没有受到任何指控。

The verdict on Kim’s charge of obstruction of official duties by deceit is expected on the 10th of next month.

对金正恩涉嫌妨碍公务罪的判决预计将于下月 10 日做出。

Kim is accused of concealing significant profits from coin investments during the 2021-2022 National Assembly property reports, thereby obstructing the National Assembly Public Official Ethics Committee’s review of property change details.

金被指控在2021年至2022年国会财产报告期间隐瞒了硬币投资的巨额利润，从而阻碍了国会公务员道德委员会对财产变更细节的审查。