South Korean YouTuber Sojang sentenced to two years for defaming BTS and IVE celebrities.

A South Korean YouTuber, known as Sojang, was sentenced to two years in prison with a three-year probation period and fined around $137,000 for defaming K-pop celebrities including BTS members and IVE's Jang Wonyoung. Sojang profited from ad revenue and paid memberships through 23 defamatory videos posted between October 2021 and June 2023. The court also ordered compensation for damages, including a 1 billion KRW lawsuit filed by Jang Wonyoung.

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