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August 13, 2020

Suppression of Freedom of Assembly in South Korea?

2020-8-13, Tara O At least 26 organizations have been planning large protests to be held in various locations in Seoul on August 15, 2020 to mark the Independence Day (1948)...

Demonstrations/Freedom/Moon Jae-in/Protests

August 12, 2020

Letter sent to President Moon Jae-in regarding suppression of the North Korea Human Rights Movement

2020-8-12, Defense Freedom Foundation August 12, 2020 His Excellency Moon Jae-inPresident of the Republic of KoreaThe Blue HouseSeoul, Republic of Korea RE: Oppression of the North Korea Human Rights Movement...

Defectors/Freedom of Expression/Human Rights/Moon Jae-in/North Korea/South Korea

August 11, 2020

Declaration by the Professors’ Solidarity of Freedom and Justice: Election Fraud Suspicions Should Be Resolved Quickly

2020-4-30, Declaration by the Professors’ Solidarity of Freedom and Justice Election Fraud Suspicions should be Resolved Quickly and Clearly, Based on the “Principle of People’s Sovereignty” Note: The Professors’ Solidarity...

Election Fraud/South Korea/Statements from Korean groups

August 10, 2020

South Korean Justice Minister Choo Promotes Prosecutors Loyal to the Moon Administration?

2020-8-8, Freedom-Korea.com [TRANSLATION] Many prosecutors who were moved to key positions announced on August 7, 2020 were controversial figures, who either prevented investigations targeting the Moon Jae-in administration or forcibly...

Abuse of Authority/Lawfare/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

August 7, 2020

Suppression of Free Speech of YouTubers Discussing the 5.18 Gwangju Uprising; Bill to Criminalize it with 7 Years Jail Introduced

2020-8-7, Tara O On July 30, 2020, the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC 방송통신심의위원회 or 방심회 for short ), South Korea’s internet censorship body, announced that Google Korea deleted 1...

5.18/Censorship/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/Lawfare/South Korea/Suppression

August 5, 2020

Letter to President Moon Jae-in: Suppression of Fundamental Freedoms, Oppression of Human Rights Activists and North Korean Defectors in South Korea

August 4, 2020, A letter by North Korea Freedom Coalition August 4, 2020 His Excellency Moon Jae-inPresident of the Republic of KoreaThe Blue House Seoul, Republic of Korea RE: Suppression...

Censorship/Defectors/Human Rights/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/South Korea/Suppression

August 4, 2020

Document Agreeing to Transfer $3 Billion to North Korea Emerged at South Korea’s Spy Agency Head Nominee Park Jie-won’s Hearing

2020-8-4, Tara O Park Jie-won (박지원) was appointed as the Director of the National Intelligence Service on July 28, 2020 by Moon Jae-in, the day after his hearing on July...

Espionage/Intelligence/North Korea/South Korea

August 2, 2020

Unification Minister Hearing: Thae Yong-ho Asks Lee In-young About Espousing Juche Ideology, National Security Law, Ji Seong-ho Asks about South Koreans detained in North Korea, Park Jin asks about the Alliance

2020-8-2, Tara O Despite the disapproval from the main opposition party, President Moon Jae-in approved Lee In-young (이인영) as the Unification Minister on Monday, July 27, 2020. Lee was the...

Alliance/Communism/Jeondaehyup/Lee In-young/Security/Socialism/South Korea/Spy/Subversion

July 28, 2020

Pay Cut for South Korean Navy Sailors

2020-7-28, Tara O Starting this month (July 2020), the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy decided to reduce the maximum overtime hours for the sailors below company grade officer level, citing...

Budget/Military/South Korea

July 25, 2020

“Government Employees with More than 2 Houses, Block Promotions, Punish as Crime,” 5 Years Jail, in Democratic Party of Korea-Introduced Bills

2020-7-22, Seoul Shinmun [TRANSLATION] After Noh Young-min (노영민), Chief of Staff to the President, sold his house in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province followed by another residence in Banpo neighborhood, Gangnam...

Law/Private Property/Socialism/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

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