All appeals by the Defendants are dismissed.

1. Summary of grounds for appeal;

A. misunderstanding of facts and misapprehension of legal principles ① Each of the instant documents is not an official document because the person who prepared the instant documents was not specified and did not undergo the process of approval.

② The fairness ratio of each of the documents of this case is different from that of the supervision report, thus cannot be said to be false.

③ Defendants had no intention to commit the crime of preparing false official documents.

B. The first instance judgment on the unfair sentencing (a fine of 2.5 million won) is too unreasonable.

2. Determination

A. (i) With respect to the assertion of mistake of facts and misapprehension of legal principles, the document which is the object of the crime of preparing false official document is not only the case where the person who prepared the document is specified, but also the case where the document itself, such as the form and content of the document, is not specified (see, e.g., Supreme Court Decision 95Do2088, Nov. 10, 1995). For the crime of preparing false official document, the document related to the duties refers to the document prepared by a public official within his/her authority, and the document does not necessarily mean that the document is outside or inside, and it does not necessarily require any legal basis, but also includes the document prepared by the authority of authority in accordance with internal rules or custom (see, e.g., Supreme Court Decision 94Do3401, Apr. 14, 1995). Each of the documents of this case are prepared by the Director of the International Association, the Vice Minister of the Korea Meteorological Administration, and the Director of the Korea Meteorological Administration, along with his/her official instruction and supervision within his/her authority.