Category: Abuse of Authority

March 23, 2023

Meta Report:  The National Election Commission in South Korea Most Active in Restricting Content on Facebook

2023-3-23, Tara O Amount of Content Facebook Restricted in South Korea (2015-2022) (Bar Graph) During the first half of 2022 (January to June) in South Korea, Facebook restricted ~19,500 items,...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Freedom of Speech

January 26, 2023

North Korea’s Chungju Spy Ring in South Korea Exposed

2023-1-26, Tara O North Korea has continuously conducted intelligence and subversive operations against the Republic of Korea since its inception and even prior.  Through its Cultural Exchange Bureau, the communist...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Defectors/Elections/Espionage/Spy/Subversion

January 20, 2023

Gwangju City Uses Lawfare to Silence a 20-something YouTuber for Calling Gwangju Uprising in May 1980 as “Gwangju Uprising”

2023-1-20, Tara O The Gag Law:  “5.18 History Distortion Punishment Law” Gwangju Metropolitan City authorities charged a 20-something, David Han (not his real name), a YouTuber for violating the May...

Categories 5.18/Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Human Rights/Lawfare

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

August 3, 2022

4th Death Associated with Lawmaker Lee Jae-myung’s Scandals

2022-8-3, Tara O Sergeant Major (retired) Kim Hyun-wook (김현욱) was found dead in his home, a low-rise condo (“villa”) in Yongtong District, Suwon, Gyeonggi Province on July 26, 2022, after...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Bribery/Corruption/Lee Jae-myung

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

July 6, 2022

Battalion Commander at DMZ Reported Directly to the Blue House when Sending the Two Escapee Fishermen back to North Korea in 2019, Chain of Command Problems

2022-7-6, Tara O In 2019, a South Korean Lieutenant Colonel who was a battalion commander working at the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the demilitarized Zone (DMZ) reported directly to...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Defectors/Defense/Military

June 13, 2022

Sex Scandals of Far Left Activists-turned Democratic Party Lawmakers Im Jong-seok, Song Young-gil, Woo Sang-ho, Yun Ho-jung While Visiting Vietnam

2022-6-13, Tara O What do Im Jong-seok (임종석), Song Young-gil (송영길), Woo Sang-ho (우상호), and Yun Ho-jung (윤호중) have in common?  They are or were influential lawmakers of the Democratic...

Categories 5.18/Abuse of Authority/Bribery/Communism/Jeondaehyup/Scandal/Socialism/Subversion

May 20, 2022

Former Blue House Senior Staff Im Jong-seok et. al. Wielded Undue Power over Military, Created Military Personnel Blacklist, Anti-US a Criterion for a Promotion Category

2022-5-20, Tara O Im Jong-seok, the former Chief of Staff under Moon Jae-in, with a past of jusapa (revering Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-un), visited the 5th Infantry Division’s observation...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Cho Kuk/Military/National Security/Purge/South Korea