Category: Censorship

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

July 16, 2020

Letter for President Moon Jae-in from the North Korea Freedom Coalition Re Fighters for Free North Korea and Keunsaem

2020-7-15, North Korea Freedom Coalition, Suzanne Scholte, Chairman, et. al. URGENT July 15, 2020 His Excellency Moon Jae-inPresident of the Republic of Koreac/o Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States2450...

Categories Censorship/Defectors/Freedom/Human Rights/Moon Jae-in/South Korea

July 9, 2020

Park Sang-hak, Fighters for Free North Korea: South Korean Police, Stop your Surveillance on Me in the Name of “Personal Protection”

2020-7-9, Park Sang-hak, Fighters for Free North Korea To: Foreign media outlets From: Fighters For Free North Korea Issue date: 07.09.2020 Title: South Korean Police, stop your surveillance on me...

Categories Censorship/Defectors/Human Rights/Moon Jae-in/North Korea/Statements from Korean groups/Suppression

July 6, 2020

[Opinion] Balloons Flying Northward are a Message of Life Informing the Koreans in North Korea of their God-given Human Rights

2020-6-24, The Word News [TRANSLATION] Note:  This is a press article contributed by Joo Il-ryong (주일룡), the president of Korea University Truth Forum regarding the leaflets sent toward North Korea....

Categories Censorship/Defectors/Freedom/Human Rights/Lawfare/Leaflets/North Korea/South Korea/Suppression/Translation of Korean News

June 27, 2020

A Young Man Found Guilty for Placing Posters Critical of President Moon at a University Campus

2020-6-23, Chosun Ilbo  [TRANSLATION] A man in his 20s who was accused of “breaking and entering” was fined after attaching posters criticizing President Moon Jae-in at a university campus. On...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/China/Lawfare/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/Translation of Korean News

May 30, 2020

A Letter From Journalist Seong Sang-hoon, Arrested by the Police, Now Released, on Suppression of Free Speech, Growing China’s Influence & More in South Korea

2020-5-20, A letter from Seong Sang-hoon, Global Defense News May 20, 2020 Dear Dr. Tara O and Mr. Gordon Chang, I am Sung Sang-Hoon of “Global Defense News” from Seoul,...

Categories Censorship/Human Rights/Statements from Korean groups/Subversion

May 28, 2020

Kim Dae-Jung Center Sues An Escapee Lee Ju-Seong for Libel for His Book on Gwangju (5.18) Uprising and North Korean Involvement; Ruling Party Plans 5.18 Gag Law

Tara O, 2020-5-28 On November 7, 2019, Kim Dae-jung Peace Center, on behalf of Lee Hee-ho (이희호, Kim Dae-jung’s wife) sued Lee Joo-seong (이주성), an escapee from North Korea, who...

Categories 5.18/Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Defectors/Freedom/Human Rights/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Moon Jae-in/North Korea/South Korea/Subversion

May 16, 2020

A Response to JTBC’s Fact Check, Part I: 2020 Election Fraud in South Korea

2020-5-17, Tara O JTBC has mentioned the World Tribune, Dr. Gong Byung-ho, and me in its efforts to discredit those who are raising the issue of election fraud in South...

Categories Censorship/Elections/South Korea

May 13, 2020

The Arrest of Yet Another Journalist (Sung Sang-hoon) for Saying “Maybe He Died of Coronavirus”; More Suppression of YouTubers Expected

2020-5-13, Tara O Sung Sang-hoon (성상훈), a journalist who runs the Global Defense News (글로벌디펜스뉴스) YouTube channel and website, was arrested and jailed on May 13, 2020.   His “crime” was...

Categories Censorship/China/Defectors/Lawfare/Wuhan Virus

March 8, 2020

Chinagate: Chinese Trolls, Sockpuppets in South Korea to Manipulate Public Opinion Online, Impact Politics, and Intervene in Internal Affairs

2020-3-8, Tara O China has long been known to employ its “50 Cent Army”– a group used to manipulate public opinion by sockpuppetry and trolling on the internet.  Sockpuppetry is...

Categories Censorship/China/Disinformation/Elections/Hacking/Lawfare/Opinion Rigging/South Korea/Subversion/Wuhan Virus