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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport requested an investigation into posts with similar content in February, June, and October of this year on charges of obstruction of official duties by hierarchy, and the investigation is currently in progress.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 6th that the content related to real estate measures being spread online is not true and that it will request an additional investigation into the distribution of the post.
On this day, a post was circulated online stating that the government plans to announce additional measures to stabilize the housing market in the middle of this month.
The post included information that Bucheon-si, Gwonseon-gu in Suwon-si, and Manan-gu in Anyang-si would be additionally designated as regulation areas, and that the limit on home mortgage loans would be reduced to a maximum of 200 million to 400 million won depending on housing prices.
It also included lowering the loan-to-value ratio (LTV) for first-time homebuyers in regulated areas from the current 70% to 40%, and reducing the rental loan guarantee ratio in the metropolitan area and regulated areas by 10 percentage points starting next year.
In response, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said, "The content related to real estate measures currently being distributed on the Internet is not true," and added, "We have already requested an investigation into posts with similar content in February, June, and October of this year on charges of obstruction of official duties by hierarchy, and the investigation is in progress."
He then emphasized, "We plan to request additional investigation into this distribution, and we plan to respond strongly if similar cases occur in the future."
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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will request additional investigation, and those who spread false posts will be investigated.
Very likely · Within days

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