Looks like foreigners have been incorrectly reporting on Korea for years.

Gusts of Popular Feeling has delivered another excellent collection articles, this one about the foreign media's "incorrect" coverage of Korea during the 1988 Olympics. Funny, I don't recall anyone bringing up this pattern amidst the indignation of the "Why are Koreans so sensitive to foreign criticism" project. Anyway, from a New York Times article from 1988:

The uproar began after American television audiences watched a Korean crowd explode Thursday night after a referee's decision to penalize a Korean boxer. Enraged Korean boxing officials punched the referee, some threw chairs into the ring, and a disconsolate boxer staged an hour long sit-in to protest the decision.

Koreans' shame at the incident has turned to rage at NBC and other foreign news organizations' coverage both of the boxing imbroglio and of South Korea itself. Ever sensitive to their international image, South Koreans are particuarly angry about any coverage they deem negative because they see the Olympics more as a potential public relations bonanza than a sports event.

Shame to rage is certainly a common path.