Social media users in South Korea have repeatedly shared a false claim that Time magazine created a list of leaders most likely to harm the world, with Chinese President Xi Jinping, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Russia's Vladimir Putin topping the ranking. A Time spokesperson said the claim was inaccurate, while AFP found no trace of such a list on the publication's website, as of November 28.

"Gyong ranked No. 2? The presidential office should work harder [to top the list]," reads a Korean-language claim Facebook post shared on November 1.

"Gyong" is a derogatory nickname for South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.

The post shows an image with Korean text that reads: "Selected by Time Magazine. A list of world leaders who would be most likely to harm the world.

"No. 1 Xi Jinping / No. 2 Yoon Suk-yeol / No. 3 Putin."

It shows a caricature of Yoon and the flags of China, South Korea, Russia and Japan -- although Japan's leader is not mentioned.

"[Yoon] put his trousers on the wrong way round and doesn't even know how to do square-bashing properly," the text adds, referring to unverified social media claims that the leader put his trousers on backwards at a press conference and that he deliberately insulted the army by making mistakes during a military drill.

Yoon, a lifelong prosecutor with no prior experience in elected office, has become a regular target of disinformation in South Korea, fuelled by his dire approval ratings and what analysts describe as a...

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