A South Korean government initiative to monitor misinformation about North Korea will target “new media” platforms like blogging, Facebook and Twitter, not traditional journalism outlets, the unification ministry told NK News on Friday.

The ministry previously earmarked $170,000 (200 million won) for the project to counter fake news in its 2022 budget, and it is now looking to contract a company to monitor and assess new media, as well as create content to inform the public about the spread of misinformation related to the DPRK.

“The target of monitoring will be online blogs, communities, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram — the