1. The plaintiffs' claims against the defendants are all dismissed.

2. The costs of lawsuit are assessed against the plaintiffs.

1. Basic facts

A. Plaintiff A is the president of G Urban Environment Improvement Association (hereinafter “instant association”), the project implementer of the urban environment improvement project, whose project site includes the size of 47,103 square meters in the Yongsan-gu Seoul Metropolitan Government F, Yongsan-gu, as the project site, and Plaintiff B is the full-time director of the instant association.

Defendant Global News Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Defendant Global News”), Defendant Yonhap News Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Defendant Yonhap News”), is a reporter belonging to Defendant Yonhap News, and Defendant C is a reporter belonging to Defendant Yonhap News, and Defendant D is a reporter belonging to Defendant Yonhap News.

B. From January 12, 2015 to December 21, 2015, the Urban Regeneration Headquarters of the Seoul Metropolitan Government inspected the instant association’s civil petition, such as non-performance of the general assembly’s prior resolution, among the operational status of the instant association. On March 2015, it prepared a report on the “the results of the inspection of actual condition of the operation of theG association” (hereinafter “the instant report”) with respect to the foregoing inspection result, and posted it first on the website of the instant association within the Seoul Metropolitan Government Crow Business System on March 27, 2015.

C. As to the results of the inspection of actual condition and the contents of the instant report carried out by the Urban Regeneration Headquarters of the Seoul Metropolitan Government Office, the Defendant’s global report posted the article in attached Form 3 prepared by the Defendant C as “H” on the website operated by the said Defendant.

Defendant Yonhap News also posted the article in attached Form 4 (Attachment 3 and 4 as the contents of each article correspond alternatively to those of the article in attached Form 4) prepared by Defendant D on the same day as “I” on the Internet homepage operated by the above Defendant on the same day, and the article in attached Table 4 (hereinafter referred to as “each of the above reports”).

[Reasons for Recognition] Facts without dispute, Gap evidence Nos. 1 through 7, witness J testimony, fact-finding conducted by this court against Seoul Special Metropolitan City, the purport of the whole pleadings.