March 26, 2020 Sex Scandal, Sewol Ferry, and Politics in South Korea Tara O, 2020-3-26 A sex scandal involving a woman volunteer and two men, who are fathers to the students who perished on the Sewol Ferry (세월호) are top search items... Categories China/Demonstrations/Impeachment/Labor Union/Lawfare/Moon Jae-in/Scandal/South Korea
March 23, 2020 Mask Shortages in South Korea amidst the Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak, China, Central Planning, and Corruption 2020-3-23, Tara O South Korea is suffering from nation-wide mask shortages. There are not enough masks and protective suits for the health care workers treating the Wuhan Virus-infected patients at... Categories China/Communism/Corruption/Moon Jae-in/Socialism/South Korea/Wuhan Virus
March 18, 2020 Kim Yoo-jin, a member of the pro-North Korea group Arrested for Infiltrating the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence in Seoul, Becomes a Lawmaker Candidate for the Minjung Party 2020-3-18, PennMike [Translation] In October 2019, the members of the hard-core pro-North Korea group infiltrated the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in South Korea [by climbing over the wall] and held... Categories Elections/North Korea/Protests/South Korea/Translation of Korean News
March 12, 2020 Realmeter Charged with Public Opinion Manipulation…Fraud, Obstruction, Election Law Violation 2020-3-11, NewDaily [Translation] Young Law Professionals of the Future (미래를여는청년변호사모임) or MiraeCheongByeon (미래청변 for short) gathered on March 11, 2020 and filed a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office charging... Categories Disinformation/Elections/Moon Jae-in/Opinion Rigging/Poll/South Korea/Translation of Korean News
March 10, 2020 Changing the Constitution: Some South Korean Lawmakers Surreptitiously Propose to Change the Constitution if 2% of the Population Agree 2020-3-10, Tara O In a surprise move, and amidst the Coronavirus outbreak, a group of lawmakers tabled a bill– “One Point Constitutional Amendment”– to change South Korea’s Constitution, if 1,000,000... Categories Constitution/Elections/Labor Union/Law/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/Socialism/South Korea/Subversion/Wuhan Virus
March 8, 2020 Chinagate: Chinese Trolls, Sockpuppets in South Korea to Manipulate Public Opinion Online, Impact Politics, and Intervene in Internal Affairs 2020-3-8, Tara O China has long been known to employ its “50 Cent Army”– a group used to manipulate public opinion by sockpuppetry and trolling on the internet. Sockpuppetry is... Categories Censorship/China/Disinformation/Elections/Hacking/Lawfare/Opinion Rigging/South Korea/Subversion/Wuhan Virus
March 2, 2020 Unprecedented: South Korea’s Energy Firm KEPCO Plans to Allow Chinese Companies to Bid 2020-2-26, Seoul Economy [TRANSLATION] KEPCO [Korea Electric Power Corporation], which is struggling with deteriorating earnings, is pushing ahead with the plan to involve Chinese companies in bidding for electric power... Categories China/Energy/Security/South Korea/Translation of Korean News
February 27, 2020 Is the Blue House Hacking its own Website? Hackers Manipulate to Reduce the Number Supporting Moon Jae-in’s Impeachment Petition Posted on the Blue House Website 2020-2-27, 작스튜브ZAKSTUBE [Note: Starting 1:44, the person refreshes the website repeatedly during a 4 minute period to show what is happening to the support numbers. As time goes, the number... Categories Hacking/Impeachment/Opinion Rigging/South Korea/Translation of Korean News/Wuhan Virus
February 27, 2020 Over 1,000,000 Urge the Impeachment of Moon Jae-in of South Korea for his Poor Handling of the Wuhan Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak 2020-2-27, Tara O A Blue House petition calling for the impeachment of President Moon Jae-in began on February 4, 2020. Normally, it stays up on the website for 30 days... Categories China/South Korea/Wuhan Virus
February 20, 2020 Seongju THAAD Base visit by Kim Moon-soo, the Leader of the Liberty Unification Party, “Strengthen the alliance with the US,” “Normalize the Operation of THAAD” 2020-2-18, PenNMike.com (Translation) On February 18, 2020, Kim Moon-soo, the leader of the Liberty Unification Party, visited Seongu, where the THAAD Base is located, to report on the situation. The... Categories Alliance/Security/South Korea/Translation of Korean News/U.S./Video
