Influence Operations Archives - East Asia Research Center

November 18, 2023

China’s 38 Fake News Sites Disseminating Pro-China, Anti-US, Anti-Japan Content in South Korea

2023-11-18, Tara O Chinese organizations posing as South Korean media-related PR companies have established 38 news sites disguised as South Korean domestic media outlets, which are spreading pro-China, anti-America, and...

China/Influence Operations/Psychological Operations

November 5, 2023

Major South Korean Political Parties Signed Agreements with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

2023-11-5, Tara O Two major political parties in South Korea have signed agreements with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Furthermore, a large number of lawmakers, 100, signed up to be...

China/Influence Operations/South Korea/Subversion

September 13, 2023

National Assembly Exhibits Bust of Mao Zedong, War Criminal of the Korean War…Titled “Savior”

2023-9-12, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION] On September 11, 2023, it was discovered that a bust of Mao Zedong, a war criminal of the Korean War, was displayed in the National Assembly....

China/Communism/Influence Operations/Psychological Operations/Translation of Korean News

September 8, 2023

Gwangju, Chinese Communist Party, and the Zheng Lucheng Controversy in Korea

2023-9-8, Tara O The City of Gwangju (Kwangju) in South Jeolla Province in Korea has been paying tribute to a communist, Zheng Lucheng (Chinese pronunciation: Zheng Lucheng, 鄭律成, 정뤼청, Korean...

China/Communism/Influence Operations/Korean War

July 11, 2023

Anti-U.S. Demonstrations Planned at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys on 27 July 2023

2023-7-11, Tara O Groups with the same objectives as North Korea plan to demonstrate at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, the U.S. military base in Pyeongtaek (Pyongtaek), South Korea on July...

Demonstrations/Influence Operations/Military/South Korea/Subversion

December 30, 2022

China’s United Front Influence Operation Agencies in Korea Revealed as Search for Chinese Police Stations Continue; Political Ties Discovered

2022-12-29, Tara O The Chinese restaurant in Seoul, Korea suspected of being a Chinese police station is run by Wang Haijun (王海军) [pronounced as Wang Hai-goon (왕해군) in Korean], a...

China/Influence Operations/Intelligence/National Security/Subversion

December 27, 2022

Chinese Restaurant Suspected of Being Chinese Police Station in Korea Connected to China’s State Media CCTV and Xinhua

2022-12-26, Tara O In a strange turn of events, the Chinese restaurant on the Han Gang (한강, Han River), Dongbang Myungjoo (동방명주), suspected to be a Chinese police station in...

China/Influence Operations/Information Operations/Intelligence/Media/National Security/Police/Psychological Operations

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...

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

October 4, 2020

Chinese Ambassador to Korea and Chief Prosecutor Yoon Seok-youl Discuss Cooperation in ‘Law Enforcement’

2020-9-29, Asia Economy [TRANSLATION] Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol (윤석열) discussed exchanges in the field of law enforcement with Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Hai Ming. According to the legal...

China/Influence Operations/Law/Rule of Law/Translation of Korean News

September 23, 2020

China’s United Front Work Department Pushes for Building China’s Virus Lab in South Korea, Belt and Road Projects and A2/AD Too

2020-9-23, Tara O China recently proposed to build a large Northeast Asian e-commerce logistics hub in Busan. As part of the project, China is pressing hard to build a virus...

China/Coronavirus/Defense/Influence Operations/National Security/South Korea/Subversion

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