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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

July 25, 2020

Housing Rent Amount to be Set by Mayors and Governors, the Ruling Party Introduces a New Proposal in South Korea

2020-7-20, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION] [Truncated] According to the amendment to the Housing Basic Act (주거기본법) and the Housing Lease Protection Act (주택임대차보호법) posted on the National Assembly homepage on July...

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

July 23, 2020

Statement of Declaration: South Korea’s Supreme Court Must Order Manual Vote Recount and Take the Next Steps in the Election Fraud Lawsuits

2020-6-30, Min Kyung-wook et. al, Citizens’ Anti-Fraud Alliance The General Election on April 15, 2020 for the 21st South Korean National Assembly was heavily rigged with illegal manipulation of voting,...

Elections/Rule of Law/Statements from Korean groups/Subversion

July 19, 2020

A Citizen Yelled “Moon Jae-in is a Communist,” Threw a Shoe After South Korean President Moon After He Left the National Assembly

2020-7-17, Sisa Focus A man in his 50s yelled “We must remove communist Moon Jae-in from the Republic of Korea” threw his shoe as President Moon Jae-in left the National...

Communism/Moon Jae-in/Translation of Korean News

July 19, 2020

Another Journalist, Woo Jong-chang, Jailed for Libel, Judge Says Cho Kuk Defamed, Rule of Law Continues to Crumble in South Korea

2020-7-19, Tara O Another journalist, Woo Jong-chang (우종창, 63), is jailed in South Korea after being convicted of the “crime” of “libel” for announcing “false information.” On July 17, 2020,...

Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Cho Kuk/Constitution/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/Human Rights/Impeachment/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Media/Rule of Law/South Korea/Suppression

July 17, 2020

Seoul Mayor Park’s Chief of Staff a Key Person in the Spy Case of North Korea’s Communist Party Branch in South Korea

2020-7-16, Media Watch [TRANSLATION] The last person who had contact with Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon before he was reported missing (police say his body found and was a suicide) was...

Communism/Espionage/North Korea/Spy/Subversion/Translation of Korean News

July 16, 2020

Letter for President Moon Jae-in from the North Korea Freedom Coalition Re Fighters for Free North Korea and Keunsaem

2020-7-15, North Korea Freedom Coalition, Suzanne Scholte, Chairman, et. al. URGENT July 15, 2020 His Excellency Moon Jae-inPresident of the Republic of Koreac/o Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States2450...

Censorship/Defectors/Freedom/Human Rights/Moon Jae-in/South Korea

July 15, 2020

General Paik Sun-yup Gets 5th Level Funeral from the Government, But 1st Class Memorial from the Citizens

2020-7-15, Tara O General Paik Sun-yup (백선엽) passed away on July 10, 2020 at age 99 (Korean age: 100). General Paik’s contributions to his country during the Korean War and...

Korean War/South Korea

July 14, 2020

KORGAD Demands Burial of the Late General Paik Sun-Yup at the Seoul National Cemetery and Posthumous Promotion to Field Marshal

2020-7-14, KORGAD Statement Expressing our deepest condolences over the death of the retired Republic of Korea (ROK) Army General Paik Sun-yup, South Korea’s war hero as well as a symbol...

Korean War/South Korea/Statements from Korean groups

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