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January 17, 2023

South Korean Court Imprisons a Vietnam War Veteran and Retired ROK Army Colonel for Saying North Korea Was Involved in the Gwangju Uprising in May 1980

2023-1-17, Tara O On January 12, 2023, the Korean Supreme Court upheld the Appellate Court’s decision to imprison Colonel Ji Man-won on defamation charges for saying North Korea was involved...
Categories 5.18/Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/History/Human Rights/Lawfare/North Korea/South Korea/Suppression
January 11, 2023

Spy Investigations Considerably Slowed Down during Moon Jae-in Government, Investigations Restarted Under Yoon Suk-yeol Administration, but Concerns Remain

2023-1-9, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION] Article Title: The Moon Government Let Go of Spy Investigations…Only 3 People in 4 Years (文정부, 간첩수사 손 놔… 4년동안 3명 적발 그쳐) Prior to the...
Categories Abuse of Authority/Defense/Espionage/Intelligence/National Security/North Korea/South Korea/Spy/Subversion/Translation of Korean News/Treason
July 12, 2022

Intelligence on the Civil Servant Killed by North Korea Deleted from Defense Ministry’s Network, the 2 Defectors Sent back to North Korea After the Blue House Abruptly Halted Investigation, Former Intelligence Chiefs Park Ji-won, Suh Hoon, Others Charged

2022-7-12, Tara O On July 6, 2022, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) filed criminal charges against Park Ji-won and Suh Hoon, NIS directors in the Moon Jae-in administration, for violating...
Categories Abuse of Authority/Defectors/Dictatorship/Human Rights/Intelligence/Moon Jae-in/North Korea