(3) No one shall threaten a candidate, election campaign manager, chief of an election campaign liaison office, election campaign worker, accountant in charge, campaign speechmaker, interviewer, debater, or eligible voter, etc. through a telephone or other means, for an election campaign. Article 110 (Prohibition of Slander against Candidates) (1) No person shall publish false information about the place of birth, family relations, social status, occupation, career, property, behavior or organization to which he or she belongs of a candidate (including a person who intends to be a candidate; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply), his or her spouse, lineal ascendants or descendants, or siblings, or about whether the candidate receives support from a specific person or specific organization, or slander his or her privacy by openly pointing out facts, for election campaign: Provided, That this shall not apply where such information is true and correct and is for public interest. (2) No person shall openly disparage or insult a specific region, people of such region or gender for election campaign in relation to a political party, a candidate, his or her spouse, lineal ascendants or descendants, or siblings. Article 110-2 (Filing Objections to False Information) (1) Any person may file an objection, in writing, with the immediately superior election commission through the relevant election commission of the election district on the grounds that false information about the place of birth, family relations, social status, occupation, career, organization to which he or she belongs of a candidate or preliminary candidate, and about whether he or she receives support from a specific person or specific organization has been published. (2) The immediately superior election commission in receipt of a written objection under paragraph (1) may require a candidate, preliminary candidate, political party to which he or she belongs, person who files an objection, related government agency or local government, other institutions or organizations to submit evidentiary documents and related data. In such cases, a person required to submit evidentiary documents and related data shall comply with such requirement, without delay, except for extenuating circumstances. (3) Where no evidentiary document and related data are submitted or information published is proved false as a result of verification through evidential documents and related data submitted, the immediately superior election commission shall make a public announcement of the fact without delay. In such cases, it shall disclose a written formal objection and documents and data submitted on its web site without compilation or revision to the extent not violating the Personal Information Protection Act. (4) A form of a written objection, the disclosure of documents and data submitted, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by the National Election Commission Regulations.

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