“North Korean leader Kim Jong-un “just ordered the evacuation of the capital city.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 18 May 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
We found no evidence that North Korea recently evacuated its capital city, Pyongyang. The video shared with the claim was created in April 2017 — but it also included unconfirmed information.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 May 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 May 2023, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/archive/76A4e
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