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January 7, 2020

A South Korean Citizen Reports President Moon Jae-in as a Spy

2020-1-7, Tara O A man reported Moon Jae-in as a spy by calling emergency hotlines. He was transferred around or asked to call other emergency numbers. It appears that those...

Censorship/South Korea/Subversion/Treason

December 26, 2019

Libel Lawsuits to Silence Free Speech Continue…South Korean Supreme Court Fines a Deceased Woman Jung ₩8 Million ($6,900) for Libel for referring to National Assemblyman Kim Sung-hwan as “Pro-North Korea”

2019-12-25, Tara O The presiding judge of South Korea’s Supreme Court Ahn Cheol-sang (안철상) ruled on December 22, 2019 that Ms. Jung Mi-hong (정미홍), who passed away from lung cancer...

Censorship/Communism/Constitution/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Socialism

September 29, 2019

Cho Kuk, Hankyoreh, KBS, MBC, RSF and the Freedom of the Press in South Korea

2019-9-29, Tara O As the controversy over Cho Kuk’s corruption, nepotism, and other scandals become bigger, there are also those in the media who are fighting for freedom of the...

Censorship/Media/South Korea/Whistleblower

September 4, 2019

The Democratic Party of Korea Reviewing 198 videos for Legal Action to “Muzzle YouTubers to Save Cho Kuk”

2019-8-26, Freedom Press (Translated News) On September 26, 2019, National Assemblyman Park Kwang-on, Chairman of the Special Committee on Countermeasures against False Information (허위조작정보대책특별위원회) of the Deobureo Minjoo Party (Democratic...

Censorship/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

July 29, 2019

No more Taboos on Gwangju Uprising (5.18) in the History of South Korea

2019-6-17, Taewoo Doe, VON News Note: Lawyer Taewoo Doe is the president of the NPK (New Paradigm Korea) Academy and Network. NPK is a research institution focusing on the Rule...

5.18/Censorship/Constitution/History/Liberal Democracy/Translation of Korean News

July 11, 2019

Public Statement on the “Byun Hee-Jai and Tablet Trial” by Citizen Watchdog Group

2018-9-9, Byun Hee-jai and Tablet Trial Citizen Watchdog Group The group calls for scientifically inspecting the controversial “tablet PC.” Although the statement came out on September 9, 2018, Byun Hee-Jai’s...

Censorship/Disinformation/Impeachment/Lawfare/Opinion Rigging/Statements from Korean groups/Tablet

July 5, 2019

South Korea’s Ruling Party to Sign Agreement with Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and with prominent U.S. Think Tank CSIS

2019-7-5, Tara O The Institute for Democracy (the Minjoo Yeongoowon, 민주연구원, http://idp.or.kr/) is a partisan think tank under the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (or Deobureo Minjoo Dang in Korean,...

Censorship/China/Constitution/Japan/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Lobbying/Subversion

June 15, 2019

“Friends, Please Let this Horrendous Situation of Cha Myong-jin be Widely Known”

June 3, 2019, Cha Myong-jin (translation of a post on his Facebook account) FB Friends, everybody, I’m starting to post on Facebook again. Having lost my home when I was...

Censorship/Lawfare/Translation of Korean News

May 27, 2019

South Korean Student Organization Disburses Satire Leaflets of MoonNos, Avenger’s Thanos Parody, in Seoul and other Major Cities, Holds Candlelight Vigil Calling for the Resignation of Moon Jae-in

2019-5-27, Tara O New Jeondaehyeop (전대협), a student organization that parodies the old pro-North Korea Jeondaehyeop from 1980s, but opposite in ideology, disbursed satire leaflets in Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju,...

Abuse of Authority/Alliance/Censorship/Freedom/People/Leadership/Satire

May 22, 2019

Seoul City Councilwoman Yeo Myeong Sued for Libel by Minjok NGO

2019-5-22, Tara O Minjok Moonje Yeongooso (민족문제연구소) or MinMoonYeon (민문연) for short (rough translation: minjok issues institute) filed a lawsuit against Seoul City Councilwoman Yeo Myeong (여명), Liberty Korea Party,...

Censorship/Lawfare/People/Leadership

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