On December 21st, in its international section, this newspaper reported under the headline <"Seongnam is a hotbed of election fraud"... Gordon Chang, Min Kyung-wook, Mossad, Jeon Han-gil Mobilize at Seattle Forum> that according to statements made by attorney Gordon Chang, there were reports that the Democratic Party of Korea collaborated with Chinese IT giant Tencent to develop an algorithm for manipulating early voting ballots.

In response, the Democratic Party of Korea stated, "We have never collaborated with any Chinese company to develop an algorithm for manipulating early voting ballots."

This report is in accordance with the mediation by the Korea Media Arbitration Commission.