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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...

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

December 19, 2022

3 More Defectors Forced to Return to North Korea by the Moon Government in 2018; Defector: Hundreds of North Korean Boats with Defectors Forcibly Returned to North Korea in 2017 & 2018

2022-12-19, Tara O The Moon Jae-in Administration (10 May 2017-9 May 2022) sent back 2 fishermen defectors to North Korea against their wishes in 2019, and the defectors say they...

Defectors/Freedom/Human Rights/Japan/Military/Moon Jae-in/North Korea/Security

August 21, 2022

[Exclusive] Shocking Testimony of a Senior NIS official: NIS Under Moon Bought a Villa, Yacht in Preparation for Kim Jong-un’s Potential Visit

September 2022 Issue, Choi Woo-seok, Chosun Monthly [TRANSLATION] ⊙ “Around June 2019, the NIS bought a ₩1,600,000,000 (~$1.37 million) villa in Paju, where his party would stay during his reciprocal...

Defectors/Moon Jae-in/North Korea/Sanctions/Translation of Korean News/Whistleblower

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...

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...

Abuse of Authority/Defectors/Defense/Military

November 3, 2021

South Korean Presidential Candidate Lee Jae-myung’s pro-China, pro-North Korea, Anti-ROK-US Alliance, Anti-Human Rights Background

2021-11-3, Tara O South Korea’s presidential election will be on March 9, 2022. Lee Jae-myung (이재명) is the presidential candidate from the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (Deobureo Minjoo Party). ...

Abuse of Authority/China/Communism/Corruption/Defectors/Elections/Freedom of Speech/Human Rights/Scandal/Socialism/South Korea

June 13, 2021

Moon Jae-in & Pesca Mar Mutiny: Moon Defended Chinese who Murdered Ship’s Crew

2021-6-13, Tara O When describing President Moon Jae-in, one of the descriptions that commonly precedes his name is “human rights lawyer.” Hardly anything is known about what he exactly did...

Defectors/Moon Jae-in/South Korea

April 23, 2021

The Silencing of North Korean Defector and Author Lee Ju-seong For His Book about North Korean Forces Deployment to South Korea

2021-4-23, Tara O An author and an escapee from North Korea Lee Ju-seong (이주성) is concerned that he could be incarcerated or get his house and assets confiscated by the...

5.18/Abuse of Authority/Defectors/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/Human Rights/Lawfare/Leaflets/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...

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

August 27, 2020

Defector from North Korea, who Disappeared after Beatings by South Korean Police, Found Dead 37 Days Later

2020-8-23, Liberty Korea Post [TRANSLATION] 7-16: He was taken to the police station, returned home bloody on 7-18, and later disappeared. 8-18: His wife submits a petition to the Blue...

Defectors/Police/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

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