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More than 5 years have passed since the
May 18 pro-democracy movement, but words that distort the truth and hurt the families of the victims still persist in our society. In recent years, these rumors have become more diverse, and they often give specific numbers to make people feel like they're true. So, in fact, our fact-checking team went through all the May 40 rumors that are circulating right now.

This is Kyungwon Lee.

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I mean, it's like this.

On May 5, meritorious workers may receive 18 million won as a lump sum and 5.18 million won as a pension every month.

It is true that there is one meritorious person who has received compensation of more than 3 million won.

However, in terms of the average value, there have been 420,3 cases so far, 1 million won per person.

Unlike other meritorious persons, there is no monthly pension for those who are meritorious on May 5.

Other meritorious people have pension benefits as low as 807,1 won per month and up to 4.300 million won.

It is difficult to make a simple comparison with the lump-sum-centered May 5 meritorious person.

Will you see it again? So, while showing the Department of Veterans Affairs website.

May 18 Merit and their families receive extra points for the civil service exam, which is unfair, but it is correct.

There are benefits like this.

The same is true for most other meritorious people, by the way.

Until last year, 39,684 of those who passed the civil service were eligible for various merit points, of which 5.18% were meritorious on May 5.

May 18 The number of meritorious people is increasing, and the Department of Veterans Affairs presents data and raises suspicions that there are many false meritorious people.

By the way, this is the statistics of veterans, including those who are meritorious as well as family members who receive benefits, and those who are bereaved in succession.

It is said that even if a person applies for merit at a later date, or even if the person is deceased, the number of veterans eligible for compensation may increase due to new proven damages or for various reasons.

In the last five years, the number of veterans eligible for May 11 has increased by 8.798 percent, and the number of independent veterans has increased by 5.18 percent.

However, the total number of veterans is decreasing, as 1% of the total number of veterans of the June 18 war have recently died due to old age.

[Kim Hee-song, Research Professor, Chonnam National University, Institute of Humanities: In the early days, it was an ideological offensive. It's color theory. Now the logic of distortion is so sophisticated that it appeals to a generation that is much more sensitive to fairness, which creates the misconception that it seems to be true.]

On the 5rd anniversary of the May 18 pro-democracy movement, the May 5 rumors are slowly evolving from outright accusations to subtle distortions that disguise facts.

(Video Interview: Lee Jae-young, Kim Hyun-hyun, Video Editing: Lee Hong-myung, CG: Kwon Hye-min, Sung Jae-eun)

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