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July 22, 2019

South Korea Considers Moon Chung-in as the Ambassador to the U.S.

2019-7-20, Zum News President Moon Jae-in is said to have taken the lead in the direction of replacing Cho Yoon-je [조윤제], the Republic of Korea (ROK) ambassador to the U.S....

Alliance/South Korea/Translation of Korean News/U.S.

July 19, 2019

Special Equipment for South Korea’s “Decapitation Unit” Diverted to South Korea’s Peacekeeping Unit in South Sudan

2019-6-27, Chosun Ilbo It was discovered on June 26, 2019 that key equipment for the Special Forces Missions Brigade (Decapitation Unit) were diverted as training equipment to the Hanvit Unit...

Military/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

July 17, 2019

Curious Circumstances: Moon Jae-in Met his Aunt in North Korea During the 2004 Family Reunion

Tara O, 2019-7-17 Key points: Moon took his family, including his son, who was not on the guest list, to North Korea to meet his Aunt in 2004. Moon’s family...

Abuse of Authority/North Korea/Security

July 12, 2019

The Fall of the Rule of Law in South Korea: The Impeachment of Park Geun-Hye, Part I: The Media, the Tablet, Public Sentiment, Gookjeong Nongdan, and the National Assembly

2019-7-12, Tara O Timeline of the Impeachment and related events Impeached for “Gookjeong Nongdan”–terminology explained JTBC’s Tablet Story Candlelight Protests/Public Sentiment The South Korean Constitution on impeachment and the duty...

Disinformation/Impeachment/Rule of Law/Subversion

July 11, 2019

Public Statement on the “Byun Hee-Jai and Tablet Trial” by Citizen Watchdog Group

2018-9-9, Byun Hee-jai and Tablet Trial Citizen Watchdog Group The group calls for scientifically inspecting the controversial “tablet PC.” Although the statement came out on September 9, 2018, Byun Hee-Jai’s...

Censorship/Disinformation/Impeachment/Lawfare/Opinion Rigging/Statements from Korean groups/Tablet

July 8, 2019

The 4th Declaration of the State of Affairs by the Former Senior Officials of the Korean Foreign Service; South Korea Faces Crisis under the Moon Administration

2019-6-22, former senior officials of the Korean Foreign Service We must clearly acknowledge that unless the Moon administration’s anti-Korean and anti-constitutional actions are curtailed, Korea will only be further driven...

Alliance/China/Defense/Economy/Japan/North Korea/Statements from Korean groups

July 6, 2019

South Korean First Lady Insults the U.S. by Wearing Anti-U.S., Anti-THAAD symbol Next to U.S. President Trump

2019-7-6, Tara O President Trump arrived in South Korea on June 29, 2019 after the G-20 meeting in Japan. The next day, he visited the DMZ and met with Kim...

Alliance/Japan/People/Leadership/U.S.

July 5, 2019

South Korea’s Ruling Party to Sign Agreement with Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and with prominent U.S. Think Tank CSIS

2019-7-5, Tara O The Institute for Democracy (the Minjoo Yeongoowon, 민주연구원, http://idp.or.kr/) is a partisan think tank under the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (or Deobureo Minjoo Dang in Korean,...

Censorship/China/Constitution/Japan/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Lobbying/Subversion

July 4, 2019

South Korea’s Defense Ministry Considers Jointly Commemorating the Korean War with North Korea on the 70th Anniversary of North Korea’s Invasion of South Korea

2019-7-4, Chosun Ilbo It was revealed on July 3, 2019 that the Ministry of National Defense (MND) is considering a joint commemoration with North Korea next year to mark the...

Korean War/Translation of Korean News

July 3, 2019

Will South Korean Companies Continue to Provide Funds to the Left?

2019-6-27, PennMike [Note 1: For easy approximate conversion from Won to Dollar, drop three zeros.] [Note 2: Here, the “right” defends liberal democracy and the market economy; the “left” attacks...

Abuse of Authority/Corruption/Liberal Democracy/Translation of Korean News

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