Category: Lawfare

September 19, 2020

South Korea’s NIS (National Intelligence Service) to be Renamed ISIS? Capability to Catch North Korean Spies to Disappear

2020-9-19, Tara O On July 30, 2020, the Moon Jae-in administration and the Democratic Party of Korea (Deobureo Minjoo Party) held a party-government-Blue House discussion (당정청협의) on the “reform of...

Categories Espionage/Intelligence/Lawfare/National Security

September 9, 2020

The Moon Jae-in Government’s War Against Young Medical Doctors in South Korea…the Cuba Model?

2020-9-9, Tara O On August 7, 2020, young doctors (residents) went on strike denouncing the government’s policy in South Korea.  In solidarity, 2,782 of 3,036 of senior medical students refused...

Categories Censorship/Cho Kuk/Control/Coronavirus/Corruption/Freedom/Lawfare/Nationalization/Protests/Socialism/South Korea/Subversion

August 10, 2020

South Korean Justice Minister Choo Promotes Prosecutors Loyal to the Moon Administration?

2020-8-8, Freedom-Korea.com [TRANSLATION]  Many prosecutors who were moved to key positions announced on August 7, 2020 were controversial figures, who either prevented investigations targeting the Moon Jae-in administration or forcibly...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Lawfare/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

August 7, 2020

Suppression of Free Speech of YouTubers Discussing the 5.18 Gwangju Uprising; Bill to Criminalize it with 7 Years Jail Introduced

2020-8-7, Tara O On July 30, 2020, the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC 방송통신심의위원회 or 방심회 for short ), South Korea’s internet censorship body, announced that Google Korea deleted 1...

Categories 5.18/Censorship/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/Lawfare/South Korea/Suppression

July 19, 2020

Another Journalist, Woo Jong-chang, Jailed for Libel, Judge Says Cho Kuk Defamed, Rule of Law Continues to Crumble in South Korea

2020-7-19, Tara O Another journalist, Woo Jong-chang (우종창, 63), is jailed in South Korea after being convicted of the “crime” of “libel” for announcing “false information.”  On July 17, 2020,...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Cho Kuk/Constitution/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/Human Rights/Impeachment/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Media/Rule of Law/South Korea/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 27, 2020

A Young Man Found Guilty for Placing Posters Critical of President Moon at a University Campus

2020-6-23, Chosun Ilbo  [TRANSLATION] A man in his 20s who was accused of “breaking and entering” was fined after attaching posters criticizing President Moon Jae-in at a university campus. On...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/China/Lawfare/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/Translation of Korean News

June 20, 2020

Quotes: South Korean President, Ruling Party Lawmakers Justify Kim Yo-jong and North Korea Destroying the Liaison Building, Express Desire to Violate Sanctions

2020-6-20, Tara O Earlier this month Kim Yo-jong (김여정) hurled several lengthy diatribes against South Korea, particularly against President Moon Jae-in.  During her invective, she threatened to blow up the...

Categories Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Moon Jae-in/North Korea/S-N/Sanctions/Security/South Korea/Subversion/Treason

June 11, 2020

Samsung in Crisis, Moon Government’s Takeover Attempts and China Threat; Impact on Global 5G, COVID-19 Treatments, World Economy, and South Korea’s Liberal Democracy

2020-6-11, Tara O Key points: Samsung is in crisis due to several years of South Korean government’s aggressive and unreasonable investigations against the company and the Vice Chairman Lee Jae-Yong,...

Categories China/Communism/Druking/Economy/Impeachment/Labor Union/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Moon Jae-in/Nationalization/Rule of Law/Socialism/South Korea/Subversion

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