Category: Defectors

August 12, 2020

Letter sent to President Moon Jae-in regarding suppression of the North Korea Human Rights Movement

2020-8-12, Defense Freedom Foundation August 12, 2020 His Excellency Moon Jae-inPresident of the Republic of KoreaThe Blue HouseSeoul, Republic of Korea RE: Oppression of the North Korea Human Rights Movement...

Categories Defectors/Freedom of Expression/Human Rights/Moon Jae-in/North Korea/South Korea

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 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 6, 2020

South Korean President Moon Jae-in Sued Mr. Koh Young-ju for Libel for Calling Him a Communist; the Prosecutor Wants to Jail Him; Suppression of Free Speech via Lawfare

2020-6-6, Tara O President Moon Jae-in (문재인) sued Mr. Koh Young-ju (고영주) for damages (civil case) and charged him with a crime (criminal case) for libel and spreading “false facts,”...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Defectors/Freedom/Human Rights/Lawfare/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/South Korea

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 19, 2020

Funds Donated for the Funeral of a Former Comfort Woman given to Anti-THAAD Organizations

2020-5-16, Chosun Ilbo  [Translation] It was confirmed on May 15, 2020 that [a comfort women organization] Jeong-ui-yeon (정의연) used some of the donation collected from citizens during the funeral of...

Categories Defectors/Japan/Subversion/Translation of Korean News

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

December 17, 2019

Reverse the Direction of Korean Foreign and Security policy…The 8th Declaration on the Korean State of Affairs by the Former Officials of the Korean Foreign Service

2019-12-15, Former Officials of the (South Korea’s) Korean Foreign Service The 8th Declaration on the Korean State of Affairs by the Former Officials of the Korean Foreign Service “Reverse the direction...

Categories Alliance/China/Communism/Defectors/Foreign Affairs/Freedom/Human Rights/Japan/Liberal Democracy/North Korea/Russia/Security/Socialism/South Korea/Statements from Korean groups/Totalitarianism/U.S.