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October 15, 2018

South Korean Unification Minister Jo Myoung-Gyon Kowtows in Advance to High Ranking North Korean Official, Disallows Defector-turned-Journalist

Unification Minister denied the coverage of high-level talks between South Korea and North Korea by a Chosun Ilbo reporter, who is also a defector from North Korea.  “The Unification Ministry is...

Categories Media/People/Leadership/S-N/Translation of Korean News

October 13, 2018

Moon Jae-in jointly accused of Treason, National Movement Headquarters launched, A Chance to Unify Taegukki factions?

2018.10.12On September 21, 2018, Taegukki Revolution Citizens’ Activism Headquarters (태극기혁명국민운동본부 or 국본 for short)  reported Mr. Moon to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea for Yeojeokjoi (여적죄)–a crime...

Categories Translation of Korean News/Treason

October 4, 2018

(한글) South Korea-North Korea Military Agreement signed on 2018-9-19 (Korean language) (판문점선언 이행을 위한 군사분야 합의서 해설료)

(한글) South Korea-North Korea Military Agreement signed on 2018-9-19 in Pyongyang.  (Korean language)  The Korean version of the military agreement has 56 pages while the English version has 17 pages. ...

Categories Official Documents/S-N/Security/Translation of Korean News

September 30, 2018

(English) South Korea-North Korea Military Agreement signed on 2018-9-19 (Panmunjom Declaration in the Military Domain)

The South Korea-North Korea military agreement signed in Pyongyang on 2018-9-19 between the Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of Defense SONG Young-moo and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)...

Categories Official Documents/S-N/Security/Translation of Korean News

September 30, 2018

Ruling Party Wants to Pass Law Requiring Approval Before Distributing Leaflets to North Korea

Media Pen, 2018-9-28 Deoburreo Minju Party lawmaker Kim Byeong-ug (김병욱) proposed amendments to the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Law, which require approval before distributing leaflets to North Korea, on2018-9-28. – Leaflets...

Categories Freedom/Human Rights/People/Leadership/Politics/Translation of Korean News

September 28, 2018

“Invasion of South Korea,” “U.S. participation in war,” Deleted in South Korean History Textbook…Pro-Jeongyojo Suprintendents, Distribute to Schools

2018.09.28 03:01  http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/09/28/2018092800164.html It was revealed that the pro-Jeongyojo superintendents of Chonbuk, Gangwon, Gwangju and Sejong  co-produced the textbooks that lacked  “Liberal Democracy” and “the Republic of Korea is the...

Categories Censorship/Education/Politics/Translation of Korean News

September 21, 2018

Why did the National Security Council at the Blue House Take Charge of Capturing Puma?

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/09/20/2018092000271.html From about noon on the 19th, all broadcasters broadcast the results of the inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang. However, in the ranking of portal sites during that time, ‘Puma Killing’...

Categories S-N/Translation of Korean News

September 18, 2018

Pres. Moon: North Korea Took Irreversible Measures, the Only Thing We Did Was to Stop the Exercise, Stalling Negotiations

“North Korea Requests Corresponding Measures…The Cause of North American Stalemate”  “We will completely end the military tension in the DMZ and the West Sea NLL at the Pyongyang Inter-Korean Summit”...

Categories Alliance/People/Leadership/Politics/S-N/Translation of Korean News

September 18, 2018

South Korean President Moon Jae-in sued Koh Young-ju for calling Moon a Communist

Tara O, 2018-9-16 Using lawsuits to silence the critics in South Korea is a growing phenomenon.  Blue House Chief of Staff, Im Jong-seok sued a researcher Dr. Ji Man-won for...

Categories Alliance/Censorship/Constitution/Druking/Freedom/Groups/Law/People/Leadership/Politics

September 18, 2018

Testimonies related to Moon Jae-in’s Libel Suit against Koh Young-ju (in English and Korean)

Annex 1:  Professor Emeritus Yang Dong-an’s (양동안) 11 characteristics of communists (submitted September 26, 2016)  Annex 2:  Yang Dong-an’s statement on the reasons for suspecting Moon as a communist (submitted...

Categories Censorship/Freedom/People/Leadership/Politics