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TITLE	[Damages]Supreme Court Decision 2000Da14613 Delivered on December 24, 2002 [full Text]
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[1] The standards for determining whether an expression in an article is a statement of fact or an assertion of opinion [2] Defense of truth to be more generously allowed with regard to a portion of an article containing factual statements about political ideological leanings of a person occupying a public post [3] The extent of freedom of expression in a debate on ideological issues [4] The case holding that a portion of an article constitutes an unlawful act of publishing libellous assertions as it designated the producer of a TV program as a Juchae ideologue on a mere assumption that the producer's interpretation of certain historical events is based on the historicism of Juchae ideologues

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[Damages]Supreme Court Decision 2000Da14613 Delivered on December 24, 2002 [full Text]

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[1] The standards for determining whether an expression in an article is a statement of fact or an assertion of opinion [2] Defense of truth to be more generously allowed with regard to a portion of an article containing factual statements about political ideological leanings of a person occupying a public post [3] The extent of freedom of expression in a debate on ideological issues [4] The case holding that a portion of an article constitutes an unlawful act of publishing libellous assertions as it designated the producer of a TV program as a Juchae ideologue on a mere assumption that the producer's interpretation of certain historical events is based on the historicism of Juchae ideologues

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