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September 16, 2018

Blue House Announces Roster of Delegation to Visit North Korea…Lee Jae-yong, Chey Tae-won, Koo Kwang-mo, and Hyun Jeong-eun

Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman, Chey Tae-won, SK Group CEO, Koo Kwang-mo, LG Group CEO, and Hyun Jung-eun, Hyundai Group Chairwoman, will accompany (president Moon for) the North-South summit...

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

September 15, 2018

More Libel Suits to Silence Critics: Cartoonist Yoon Seo-in, Journalist Kim Se-ui

Tara O  2018-9-15 On September 11, 2018, the prosecutor proposed  a 1-year sentence each for Mr. Yoon Seo-in, a cartoonist, and Mr. Kim Se-ui, a journalist, for libel at the...

Categories Censorship/Freedom/Law

September 9, 2018

Statement of the Congress of the Republic of Korea on the National Emergency (CRKNE) on the Current Situation that the Nation Faces

September 4, 2018  “Right now, the Republic of Korea is a country which is having a civil war, sans exchange of live fire, between those forces committed to the cause of preserving...

Categories Constitution/Politics/Translation of Korean News

September 8, 2018

North Korea Approves JTBC Branch Office in Pyongyang

JTBC, KBS, and Yonhap submitted applications to open a branch office in Pyongyang. North Korea approved only JTBC. The Ministry of Unification also must approve, but it is likely to...

Categories Media/S-N/Sanctions/Translation of Korean News

September 8, 2018

Moon praising Sign in Gwangju

It says “A hero who comes only in 100 years!” “The world leader, who is the hero of 70 million ethnic Koreans of the state and South-North.” “We desperately pray...

Categories Translation of Korean News/Worship

September 8, 2018

Of Druking’s 100 Million Online Comments to Manipulate Public Opinion, Kim Kyoung-soo Conspired 88% of the Time…Special Investigation Final Report

For the period between 2016.12 to 2018.3, Druking’s group placed 99,710,000 fake online comments to influence the public. Kim Kyoung-soo (김경수 ) conspired in 88% of them. http://news.tvchosun.com/mobile/svc/osmo_news_detail.html?contid=2018082790071—-Kim is a...

Categories Druking/Translation of Korean News

September 7, 2018

Anti-tank Barriers on the Way to Seoul being Destroyed

The anti-tank barriers protecting South Korea are being removed one by one, although North Korea’s threat has not been reduced.  Most South Koreans are unaware of their removal. The barrier...

Categories Security

September 6, 2018

South-North Summit to Begin on the 18th, 3 Days, 2 Nights…President Yet Again Goes to Pyongyang

Chung Eui-yong, the National Security Advisor, who led the Special Delegation that went to Pyongyang on September 5, 2018 to meet with Kim Jong-un, made a press statement on the...

Categories Politics/S-N/Translation of Korean News

September 5, 2018

Spinach ↑ 128%, Cabbage ↑ 85%, Nappa Cabbage ↑ 71%… Nothing Affordable to Eat

시금치 128%, 양배추 85%, 배추 71% ↑… 먹을게 없다 한달 만에 무 57.1%, 파 47.1%, 상추값 40% 급등… 쌀은 1년전 보다 33%, 복숭아 29% 올라 원문보기: http://www.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2018/09/04/2018090400207.html

Categories Economy/Translation of Korean News

August 18, 2018

Seoul Vulnerable: The Abandonment of the DMZ and the Destruction of South Korea’s Military Capability

The Republic of Korea (ROK) unilaterally seeks to withdraw its troops from guard posts (GPs) inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), citing the Moon-Kim joint declaration of April 27, 2018 of turning the DMZ into a “peace zone” in 5 days, which is by May 1, 2018. The problem is the North Korean threat has not dissipated.

Categories Alliance/Security