Category: Censorship

September 20, 2021

More Suppression of Free Speech in South Korea: Arrests of Kim Se-ui, Kang Yong-seok, and Kim Yong-ho; Cho Kuk’s Defamation Lawsuits Against Lee Jong-won, Kim Sang-hyun, Woo Jong-chang

2021-9-20, Tara O On September 7, 2021, the police arrested 3 people running Hoverlab (Garo Sero yeonguso), a popular YouTube channel with over 700,000 subscribers:  Kim Se-ui (김세의), formerly a...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Freedom/Freedom of Speech/Lawfare/South Korea

September 17, 2021

Freedom of Speech Under Attack: Koo Ja-Woong, a YouTubers In Jail for 6 Months for “Defaming” Powerful Media Executive Sohn Suk-hee

2021-9-17, Tara O On March 19, 2021, Koo Ja-woong (구자웅) was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment for defamation by the Seoul Northern District Court (서울북부지부).  Ku is a YouTuber with...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Freedom/Freedom of Speech/Lawfare/South Korea

September 17, 2021

Assault on Free Speech: YouTuber Choi Tae-woon Imprisoned for 2 Years for “Defamation”

2021-9-16, Tara O On August 13, 2021, Choi Tae-woon (최태운) (in his 30s), who ran a YouTube channel Saeng-gak Modeum Jjigae (생각모듬찌개, assorted thoughts stew), was sentenced to 2 years...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Freedom/Freedom of Speech/Human Rights/Lawfare/South Korea

February 8, 2021

Open Letter to the US Congress Human Rights Commission by Governor Kim Opposing South Korea’s Anti-Leaflet Law Criminalizing Leaflet Sending to North Korea

2021-2-3, KIM Moon-soo (Former Governor of Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea) Kim Moon-soo, former governor of Gyeonggi Province in South Korea, opposes the ruling party-passed law that criminalizes defectors and...

Categories Censorship/Defectors/Freedom/Freedom of Speech/Human Rights/Leaflets/North Korea/South Korea

December 5, 2020

De Facto One Party Rule in South Korea, the Democratic Party of Korea Rushes Through Bills Harmful to Human Rights, Free Speech, National Security, Economy

2020-12-5, Tara O The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (Deobureo Minjoo Party) forced the “Amendment to the Act on the Development of Inter-Korean Relations,” a bill that criminalizes sending leaflets...

Categories 5.18/Censorship/China/Control/Economy/Election Fraud/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Human Rights/Labor Union/Lawfare/Leaflets/National Security/Socialism/South Korea

September 9, 2020

The Moon Jae-in Government’s War Against Young Medical Doctors in South Korea…the Cuba Model?

2020-9-9, Tara O On August 7, 2020, young doctors (residents) went on strike denouncing the government’s policy in South Korea.  In solidarity, 2,782 of 3,036 of senior medical students refused...

Categories Censorship/Cho Kuk/Control/Coronavirus/Corruption/Freedom/Lawfare/Nationalization/Protests/Socialism/South Korea/Subversion

August 27, 2020

Koh Young-ju Who Said “Moon Jae-in is a Communist” Found Guilty, Court Capitulated to Blue House Pressure

2020-8-27, Media Today [TRANSLATION] Koh Young-ju (고영주), former chairman of the Foundation for Broadcast Culture (MBC’s board) and a former public security prosecutor, who said that “Moon Jae-in is a...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Communism/Dictatorship/Freedom of Speech/Human Rights/Moon Jae-in/Socialism/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

August 7, 2020

Suppression of Free Speech of YouTubers Discussing the 5.18 Gwangju Uprising; Bill to Criminalize it with 7 Years Jail Introduced

2020-8-7, Tara O On July 30, 2020, the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC 방송통신심의위원회 or 방심회 for short ), South Korea’s internet censorship body, announced that Google Korea deleted 1...

Categories 5.18/Censorship/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/Lawfare/South Korea/Suppression

August 5, 2020

Letter to President Moon Jae-in: Suppression of Fundamental Freedoms, Oppression of Human Rights Activists and North Korean Defectors in South Korea

August 4, 2020, A letter by North Korea Freedom Coalition August 4, 2020 His Excellency Moon Jae-inPresident of the Republic of KoreaThe Blue House Seoul, Republic of Korea RE: Suppression...

Categories Censorship/Defectors/Human Rights/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/South Korea/Suppression

July 19, 2020

Another Journalist, Woo Jong-chang, Jailed for Libel, Judge Says Cho Kuk Defamed, Rule of Law Continues to Crumble in South Korea

2020-7-19, Tara O Another journalist, Woo Jong-chang (우종창, 63), is jailed in South Korea after being convicted of the “crime” of “libel” for announcing “false information.”  On July 17, 2020,...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Cho Kuk/Constitution/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/Human Rights/Impeachment/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Media/Rule of Law/South Korea/Suppression