Category: Human Rights

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). ...

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

September 17, 2021

Assault on Free Speech: YouTuber Choi Tae-woon Imprisoned for 2 Years for “Defamation”

2021-9-16, Tara O On August 13, 2021, Choi Tae-woon (최태운) (in his 30s), who ran a YouTube channel Saeng-gak Modeum Jjigae (생각모듬찌개, assorted thoughts stew), was sentenced to 2 years...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Freedom/Freedom of Speech/Human Rights/Lawfare/South Korea

July 27, 2021

Condemnation Statement against the Chinese Communist Party – Public Enemy of All Humanity

2021-7-1, Citizens for Unveiling Confucius Institutes (CUCI) The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is struggling to take its last breath on the 100th anniversary of its establishment. Rather than celebrating with...

Categories China/Communism/Human Rights/Statements from Korean groups

April 26, 2021

South Korean POW Who Was Held in North Korea for 50 Years Speaks

2021-3-12, Boda  [TRANSLATION] [North Korean defector [former Korean People’s Army (KPA) soldier] Kim Jong-a (김정아) interviews Yu Yong-bok (유영복), a Republic of Korea (ROK) Prisoner of War (POW) held in...

Categories Human Rights/Korean War/North Korea/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

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...

Categories 5.18/Abuse of Authority/Defectors/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/Human Rights/Lawfare/Leaflets/South Korea

March 4, 2021

Declaration: Former South Korean Diplomats Call for Freedom, ROK-US Alliance, Human Rights for Defectors, Adherence to UN Sanctions, Improving Relations with Japan, Abolishing China’s 3 Nos

2020-3-1, Former Diplomats of the Republic of Korea Declaration of the “Love for the Nation” Former Diplomats Meeting Dear fellow citizens, Since the inauguration of the Moon Jae-in administration, we...

Categories Alliance/Communism/Foreign Affairs/Freedom/Freedom of Religion/Freedom of the Press/Human Rights/Japan/Security/South Korea/Statements from Korean groups

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...

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

January 1, 2021

Mass Coronavirus Infection at Seoul’s Dongbu Detention Center, Infected Inmates Sharing Small Jail Cells, Neglect by Authorities and Death

[Editorials] The tragedy of the detention center would have been prevented even if only 1/100 of the efforts were made 2020-12-30, Chosun Ilbo Opinion [TRANSLATION] Since the first Coronavirus case...

Categories Coronavirus/Human Rights/Translation of Korean News

December 11, 2020

Intelligence Special Activities Fund Increasing While NIS Core Function is Neutralized, Park Geun-hye Unjustly Jailed for the Fund, while Moon’s Blue House Continues to Receive the Fund

2020-12-11, Tara O NIS Budget Increasing Despite the expected removal of core capabilities from the National Intelligence Service (NIS, South Korea’s CIA), the NIS budget is actually increasing.  In 2020,...

Categories Budget/Human Rights/Intelligence/Moon Jae-in/Purge/Rule of Law/South Korea

December 5, 2020

De Facto One Party Rule in South Korea, the Democratic Party of Korea Rushes Through Bills Harmful to Human Rights, Free Speech, National Security, Economy

2020-12-5, Tara O The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (Deobureo Minjoo Party) forced the “Amendment to the Act on the Development of Inter-Korean Relations,” a bill that criminalizes sending leaflets...

Categories 5.18/Censorship/China/Control/Economy/Election Fraud/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Human Rights/Labor Union/Lawfare/Leaflets/National Security/Socialism/South Korea