Category: Lawfare

June 2, 2020

A Young Energetic IT attorney, Will Fraud in South Korea’s 2020 Election be Uncovered? Kim Moon-Soo TV

2020-5-26, Kim Moon-Soo TV (김문수TV, a YouTube Channel) [Translation] [Note: Kim Moon-Soo (김문수) is a former Governor of Gyeonggi Province and former National Assemblyman with the Saenuri Party, forerunner of...

Categories Elections/Human Rights/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Media/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/South Korea/Subversion/Totalitarianism/Translation of Korean News/Whistleblower/Worship

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 20, 2020

A Response to JTBC, Part II: The Truth about the Impeachment of South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye and the Rule of Law

2020-5-20, Tara O This is the second part of the response to JTBC, which brought up three important issues in its reporting: Election fraud in South Korea Truth about the...

Categories Constitution/Human Rights/Impeachment/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Media/Purge/Rule of Law/South Korea/Subversion

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

March 26, 2020

Sex Scandal, Sewol Ferry, and Politics in South Korea

Tara O, 2020-3-26 A sex scandal involving a woman volunteer and two men, who are fathers to the students who perished on the Sewol Ferry (세월호) are top search items...

Categories China/Demonstrations/Impeachment/Labor Union/Lawfare/Moon Jae-in/Scandal/South Korea

March 10, 2020

Changing the Constitution: Some South Korean Lawmakers Surreptitiously Propose to Change the Constitution if 2% of the Population Agree

2020-3-10, Tara O In a surprise move, and amidst the Coronavirus outbreak, a group of lawmakers tabled a bill–  “One Point Constitutional Amendment”– to change South Korea’s Constitution, if 1,000,000...

Categories Constitution/Elections/Labor Union/Law/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/Socialism/South Korea/Subversion/Wuhan Virus

March 8, 2020

Chinagate: Chinese Trolls, Sockpuppets in South Korea to Manipulate Public Opinion Online, Impact Politics, and Intervene in Internal Affairs

2020-3-8, Tara O China has long been known to employ its “50 Cent Army”– a group used to manipulate public opinion by sockpuppetry and trolling on the internet.  Sockpuppetry is...

Categories Censorship/China/Disinformation/Elections/Hacking/Lawfare/Opinion Rigging/South Korea/Subversion/Wuhan Virus

February 18, 2020

Snowstorm, Wuhan Virus, Chinese Micro Dust, Could Not Keep Away the Crowd Calling for Moon Jae-in to Step Down

2020-2-18, Tara O Over the last weekend (15-16 February 2020), a large rally occurred at the Syngman Rhee Plaza (Gwanghwamun Square) in Seoul, South Korea, despite the snowstorm, below freezing...

Categories Communism/Freedom/Lawfare/Media/Protests/Socialism/South Korea/Wuhan Virus

February 2, 2020

4 Years Jail for Libel Regarding 5.18 Gwangju Incident? Freedom of Speech to be Set Back Again in South Korea

February 2, 2020, Tara O The  suppression of freedom of speech continues in South Korea.  Prosecutors are pushing for 4 years of jail for Dr. Ji Man-won (지만원, 77-year old...

Categories 5.18/Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Constitution/Corruption/Disinformation/Freedom/History/Human Rights/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Rule of Law/South Korea

December 31, 2019

Man Sets Himself on Fire to Protest the Passing of Gongsoocheo Act, Interlocked Proportional Representatives System in South Korea

2019-12-30, Tara O The ruling Deobureo Minjoo Party (Democratic Party of Korea) and 4 smallers parties have been acting as a voting bloc in passing numerous bills that are dangerous...

Categories Communism/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Opinion Rigging/Socialism/South Korea