Category: Espionage

March 20, 2023

What are North Korea’s Instructions to Spies? North Korea-instructed Slogans Appear in Demonstrations in South Korea

2023-3-20, Tara O Various spy rings have been uncovered in South Korea, including those in the Changwon, Chungju, Jeju, and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) (aka Minju NoChong). ...

Categories Espionage/Information Operations/Intelligence/National Security/Spy/Subversion

February 4, 2023

People’s Front for Independent Unification, HGH, North Korea’s Extensive Spy Network Discovered All Over South Korea

2023-2-4, Tara O A major spy scandal has been brewing for more than 5 years in South Korea.  The activities of North Korean agents and their South Korean assets are...

Categories Espionage/Intelligence/Spy/Subversion

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...

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

January 11, 2023

Spy Investigations Considerably Slowed Down during Moon Jae-in Government, Investigations Restarted Under Yoon Suk-yeol Administration, but Concerns Remain

2023-1-9, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION] Article Title: The Moon Government Let Go of Spy Investigations…Only 3 People in 4 Years (文정부, 간첩수사 손 놔… 4년동안 3명 적발 그쳐) Prior to the...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Defense/Espionage/Intelligence/National Security/North Korea/South Korea/Spy/Subversion/Translation of Korean News/Treason

January 10, 2023

North Korea Ordered Jeju Spy Ring in South Korea to “Fight Using KCTU Labor Union and NGOs”

2023-1-9, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION] It was confirmed on January 8, 2023 that cadres of the progressive political party in South Korea are under investigation by counterintelligence authorities for allegedly engaging...

Categories Defense/Espionage/Intelligence/National Security/Spy/Subversion/Translation of Korean News

June 6, 2022

Communist Spy Shin Young-bok of Subversive Revolutionary Organization Memorialized at South Korea’s Intelligence Agency, An Insult to NIS and the Republic of Korea

Tara O, 2022-6-6 Imagine a statue of Aldrich H. Ames at the entrance of the CIA.  Or a memorial of Robert Hanssen at the entrance of the FBI.  Does it...

Categories Espionage/Influence Operations/Information Operations/Intelligence/Moon Jae-in/National Security/Socialism/Spy/Subversion/Treason

May 3, 2022

Korea-U.S. Defense C4I Compromised, South Korean Captain and a Defense Contractor Arrested for Spying for North Korea

2022-5-3, Tara O A South Korean military officer and a defense contractor for IT systems were arrested for spying for North Korea in return for payments in crypto currency.  They...

Categories Defense/Espionage/Information Operations/Intelligence/Military/National Security/Spy

January 10, 2022

Lee Seung-bok’s “I don’t like communism” and North Korean Operatives’ Massacre of Lee’s Family

2022-1-10, Tara O Earlier this month, Chung Jin-yong (정진용), the Vice Chairman of Shinsegae Group posted “Defeat Communism,” on Instagram which Instagram censors removed, then later restored after attracting unfavorable ...

Categories Communism/Espionage/Guerilla/History/North Korea/Subversion

June 8, 2021

We Condemn Abolishing the National Security Act, which Guarantees Continuous North Korean Espionage Activities Harmful to the Free Republic of Korea

2021-6-3, Freedom Coalition For Defending National Security Act June 3, 2021 The 105 patriotic societies organized the “Freedom Coalition For Defending National Security Act” (국가보안법수호자유연대) on June 3, 2021.  The...

Categories Communism/Espionage/Law/Lawfare/National Security/Socialism/South Korea/Spy/Statements from Korean groups/Subversion

April 30, 2021

The Moon Administration’s Connection to the Revolutionary Unification Party, Extends to Even Ki Mo-Ran

2021-4-22, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION] On August 20, 1968, a North Korean spy ship appeared off the coast of Jeju island.  Their plan was to pick up Kim Jong-tae (김종태) and...

Categories Communism/Espionage/Moon Jae-in/North Korea/Security/South Korea/Spy/Subversion/Translation of Korean News