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October 9, 2026

Priorities of the Lee Jae-myung Government: A New Budget Item “Strategic Cooperation with China” Created, While the Budgets for Korea-US Alliance, Defectors, Denuclearization of North Korea Fall for 2027

2026-10-9, Tara O Budgets reflect priorities. South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget proposal for 2027 under the Lee Jae-myung administration cuts the ROK (Republic of Korea)-U.S. relations projects, while...

Alliance/Budget/China/Defectors/Foreign Affairs/U.S. Comments: 0

August 20, 2026

Blacklisted Chinese Company CGN Runs Power Stations in South Korea

2026-8-20, Tara O China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN), a Chinese state-owned energy company, is blacklisted by the U.S. for stealing nuclear secrets. In South Korea, CGN runs five power...

China/Espionage

July 21, 2026

South Korea’s National Election Commission’s Dereliction of Duty Constitutes Treason and the Jamsil Suffrage Struggle Is a Second Korean War

2026-7-10, Op-Ed (English and Korean): Lee In-ho Note: Professor Emeritus Lee In-ho served as the Republic of Korea (ROK) Ambassador to Russia and Finland. She also taught history at Korea...

5.18/Censorship/China/Election Fraud/Elections/Freedom/National Election Commission/NEC/Protests/Rallies

December 6, 2025

102 South Korean Lawmakers Joined a Suspected Pro-CCP group Korea-China Parliamentary Federation (한중의원연맹)

2025-12-6, Tara O 102 South Korean lawmakers have joined the Korea-China Parliamentary Federation [Han-Joong Uiwon Yeonmang (한중의원연맹)] seen to be a pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization, as of July 2024....

China/Influence Operations/Subversion

January 1, 2025

PFJK Statement: China, Stop Conducting Unrestricted Warfare in the Republic of Korea

2024-1-2 (Seoul time), Professors for Freedom and Justice in Korea (PFJK) PFJK poster: China, immediately stop Interfering in the Republic of Korea’s politics Concerned with China’s “unrestricted warfare,” a new...

China/Election Fraud/Impeachment/Statements from Korean groups

January 1, 2025

Statement by Kim Tae-san, Defector from North Korea, on the Democratic Party of Korea’s Legislative Tyranny, Impeachment, Election Fraud

2024-12-31, Kim Tae-san [TRANSLATION] Kim Tae-san is a senior-ranking defector from North Korea. He compares the current situation in South Korea with that of the kangaroo court of North Korea....

China/Impeachment/Statements from Korean groups/Subversion

December 30, 2024

Statement by Professors’ Solidarity for Freedom and Justice: Let Us Protect the Democratic Republic

2024-12-28, Professors’ Solidarity for Freedom and Justice (PFJ) Professors’ Solidarity for Freedom and Justice (PFJ) comprises 6,300 current and retired professors from 300 universities in Korea and abroad. It is...

Abuse of Authority/China/Impeachment/Statements from Korean groups

December 28, 2024

South Korean Politics at a Crossroads—Again

2024-12-28, John Cha The South Korean parliament managed to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on a second try on December 14, 2024, following Yoon’s declaration of “martial law” on...

China/Impeachment/Martial Law

December 24, 2024

Was South Korea’s Martial Law an Attempt to Warn the World?

2024-12-17, Sung H. Park Bangmo (뱅모) YouTube Channel (Korean with English subtitles) [Partial Transcript] South Korea is known to be an advanced economy with a robust, resilient democracy. Then, on...

China/Martial Law/Translation of Korean News

December 12, 2024

[Full Text] President Yoon Suk-Yeol’s Address to Koreans Explaining Why He Declared Martial Law, Why It was Lawful, What Forces He is Fighting Against; Vows to Fight to Defend the Constitution and the Citizens

2024-12-12, Tara O The below are the video and full transcripts in English and Korean. President Yoon describes the anti-state activities of the Democratic Party of Korea, which weaponized the...

China/Constitution/Election Fraud/Impeachment/Martial Law/Spy

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