Korea Defamation Damages Calculator

Estimate Korean defamation and insult damages, litigation costs, criminal exposure, and civil-versus-criminal strategy using the Korean model.

Publication and spread

Defamation typeMediumSpread rangeVictim status

Conduct, damage, and mitigation

IntentRepetitionExposure durationView count

views

Mental damageSocial damageEconomic damage

KRW

Victim-fault mitigationCorrection action

Public-interest contextEconomic damage appliesSecondary damage occurredApology was made

Recommended damages

₩30,030,000

₩7,510,000 - ₩150,150,000

Net after litigation

₩23,235,910

recommended

Criminal exposure

Suspended sentence risk

Recommended strategy

Criminal + civil

Damages breakdown

Base damages: ₩20,000,000
Media adjustment: +₩6,000,000
Spread adjustment: ₩0
Intent adjustment: ₩0
Economic damage: ₩0
Mitigation reductions: ₩0

Litigation cost model

Filing fee: ₩126,090
Service fee: ₩165,000
Lawyer fee estimate: ₩6,503,000
Total cost: ₩6,794,090

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What Is the Korea Defamation Damages Calculator?

This calculator estimates Korean civil damages for defamation and insult while also showing litigation cost, criminal penalty exposure, strategy recommendation, and limitation status. It reuses the Korean page's pure function for base damages and multipliers.

The model distinguishes factual defamation, false-fact defamation, insult, cyber defamation, publication defamation, and cyber insult. It then adjusts by medium, spread range, victim status, intent, repetition, exposure duration, views, mental damage, economic damage, secondary damage, and mitigation.

Important Note

Defamation law in Korea is highly fact-sensitive. Truth, public interest, opinion, insult, and false factual assertion are separate issues that require legal review.

Base Damages Preserved From the Korean Constants

Type	Base range
Insult	KRW 500K to KRW 5M, midpoint KRW 2M
Cyber insult	KRW 1M to KRW 10M, midpoint KRW 3M
Factual defamation	KRW 2M to KRW 20M, midpoint KRW 5M
False-fact defamation	KRW 5M to KRW 50M, midpoint KRW 15M
Cyber factual defamation	KRW 3M to KRW 30M, midpoint KRW 7M
Cyber false-fact defamation	KRW 5M to KRW 100M, midpoint KRW 20M
Publication defamation	KRW 5M to KRW 50M, midpoint KRW 20M

Main Multipliers

Medium multipliers rise from face-to-face communication to online communities, SNS, video platforms, press, and portal-main exposure.
Spread range increases damages as the audience grows from a few people to a mass audience.
Public officials and celebrities may receive lower multipliers in some public-criticism contexts, while small businesses and professionals can receive higher multipliers.
Negligence, reckless intent, and definite intent use different intent multipliers.
Repeated, persistent, or organized defamation increases damages.

Damage and Mitigation

Mental damage is scaled from minor distress to serious diagnosis and extreme PTSD-like harm.
Proven economic damage is added directly when selected.
Secondary damage such as follow-on harassment can increase the estimate.
Victim provocation, mutual dispute, deletion, correction, and apology can reduce the modeled damages.

Civil vs Criminal Strategy

Path	Purpose	Typical effect
Criminal complaint	Punishment and investigative pressure	Can improve settlement leverage
Civil lawsuit	Monetary damages	Requires plaintiff to prove damages and unlawfulness
Both	Punishment plus compensation	Often used when evidence and damages are meaningful

FAQ

Should evidence be captured before requesting deletion?

Yes. Capture URL, date, author, full context, view count, comments, and original files before deletion removes proof.

Does a public-interest issue always defeat a claim?

No. Public interest can reduce or defeat liability depending on truth, purpose, and manner, but it is not automatic.

Legal Use Notice

This page translates the Korean calculator content and uses the same Korean pure calculation logic where a calculator is shown. It is an estimation tool, not legal advice for a specific case.