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December 1, 2019

Unelected Representatives, Gongsoocheo to Undermine South Korea’s Identity as a Republic and Separation of Powers; Hunger Strikes by the Opposition Leader Hwang and Others

2019-11-30, Tara O There are multiple hunger strikes ongoing in South Korea in front of the Blue House. Why are people on hunger strikes? It has to do with proposals...

Demonstrations/Disinformation/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Protests/Rule of Law/Socialism/South Korea/Subversion

September 4, 2019

Without Park Geun-hye, Conservatives Cannot Survive

2019-8-31, SeongJaeJun TV (translation) A young YouTuber, Sung Jae-jun, talks about how to unify the conservatives in Korea and about the recent Supreme Court decision on August 29, 2019. The...

Disinformation/Impeachment/Lawfare/Rule of Law/South Korea/Tablet/Translation of Korean News

August 27, 2019

Justice Minister Nominee Cho Kuk Scandal in South Korea–Treason, Corruption, Hypocrisy, and More

2019-8-27, Tara O For the position of South Korea’s Minister of Justice, President Moon Jae-in nominated Cho Kuk, who has been mired in controversies. Details follow. When Moon Jae-in became...

Abuse of Authority/China/Corruption/Education/Japan/Law/Lawfare/Poll/Rule of Law/Socialism/South Korea/Subversion/Treason/Whistleblower

August 15, 2019

Chun Young-sik Unveils Former President Park Geun-hye’s Unpublished Remarks on Sewol Ferry

2019-8-14, PennMike Memer of the KBS Board of Directors Chun Young-sik (천영식), the last Secretary for Public Affairs of the Park Geun-hye administration, unveiled President Park Geun-hye’s (박근혜) unpublished remarks...

Lawfare/Translation of Korean News

August 15, 2019

Kim Kwan-jin, former National Security Adviser, Found Innocent

2019-8-14, Yonhap News Kim Kwan-jin (김관진), former National Security Adviser, is found not guilty on August 14, 2019. [Truncated] Source: https://m.news.nate.com/view/20190814n18270

Lawfare/People/Leadership/Translation of Korean News

July 11, 2019

Public Statement on the “Byun Hee-Jai and Tablet Trial” by Citizen Watchdog Group

2018-9-9, Byun Hee-jai and Tablet Trial Citizen Watchdog Group The group calls for scientifically inspecting the controversial “tablet PC.” Although the statement came out on September 9, 2018, Byun Hee-Jai’s...

Censorship/Disinformation/Impeachment/Lawfare/Opinion Rigging/Statements from Korean groups/Tablet

July 5, 2019

South Korea’s Ruling Party to Sign Agreement with Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and with prominent U.S. Think Tank CSIS

2019-7-5, Tara O The Institute for Democracy (the Minjoo Yeongoowon, 민주연구원, http://idp.or.kr/) is a partisan think tank under the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (or Deobureo Minjoo Dang in Korean,...

Censorship/China/Constitution/Japan/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Lobbying/Subversion

July 1, 2019

The Declaration of the Citizens Who Are Working to Protect the Country, The Republic of Korea Proclaims an Emergency

2019-6-29, South Korean Citizens Who Are Working to Protect the Country The Declaration of the South Korean Citizens: The Republic of Korea Proclaims and Emergency OneDear 50 million Korean people,...

China/Defense/Druking/Economy/Japan/Lawfare/Media/Opinion Rigging/Security/Statements from Korean groups

June 15, 2019

“Friends, Please Let this Horrendous Situation of Cha Myong-jin be Widely Known”

June 3, 2019, Cha Myong-jin (translation of a post on his Facebook account) FB Friends, everybody, I’m starting to post on Facebook again. Having lost my home when I was...

Censorship/Lawfare/Translation of Korean News

June 6, 2019

Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae Speaks Out with a Court Statement (Full Text)

2019-5-31, statement by former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Seung-tae (양승태), via PennMike Of course I want to tell you how miserable I feel as I stand in court, but...

Lawfare/Rule of Law/Statements from Korean groups/Translation of Korean News

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