Category: Lawfare

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...

Categories 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...

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

May 22, 2019

Seoul City Councilwoman Yeo Myeong Sued for Libel by Minjok NGO

2019-5-22, Tara O Minjok Moonje Yeongooso (민족문제연구소) or MinMoonYeon (민문연) for short (rough translation:  minjok issues institute) filed a lawsuit against Seoul City Councilwoman Yeo Myeong (여명), Liberty Korea Party,...

Categories Censorship/Lawfare/People/Leadership

May 20, 2019

Direct Suppression of YouTubers Beginning in South Korea?

2017-5-19, Tara O Youtuber Kim Sang-jin (김상진) was arrested on May 11, 2019.  He is the secretary general of the Freedom Coalition, which produces YouTube videos on the Sangjin Aje...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Lawfare

May 14, 2019

South Korean Supreme Court Removed and eventually Took Disciplinary Action against Judge Sung Chang-ho, who ‘confined Kim Kyoung-soo,’ Moon Jae-in’s Close Associate

2019-5-9, Chosun Ilbo Judge Sung Chang-ho (성창호) was in charge of the first trial of Kim Kyoung-su (김경수), the governor of South Gyeongsang Province [who also worked on then-candidate Moon...

Categories Law/Lawfare/Opinion Rigging/Translation of Korean News

April 25, 2019

South Korea’s Ruling Party, Smaller Opposition parties Agree to Fast Track Bills to Create Additional Independent Investigative Body Akin to North Korea’s Secret Police, Increase Unelected Officials, Silence Discussions on the 5.18 Gwangju Incident

2019-4-25, Tara O On April 8, 2019, the ruling Deobureo Minjoo Party (Democratic Party) threatened that if the election system reform agreement is not reached by April 10, 2019, then...

Categories 5.18/Censorship/Constitution/Law/Lawfare

April 11, 2019

The Blue House Again Pressures the YouTubers who Raised Suspicion about “Moon’s Missing 5 hours during the Forest Fire,” Filing Charges in the name of the Chief of Staff

1029-4-11, PennMike President Moon Jae-in didn’t make an official appearance until five hours after the news of the recent forest fires in Gangwon Province emerged. Media related personnel raised suspicion...

Categories Censorship/Lawfare/Media/Translation of Korean News

March 12, 2019

Another Libel Lawsuit: Blue House Senior Official Cho Kuk Sues Journalist Woo Jong-chang for Libel

2019-3-8, Woo Jong-chang on YouTube Falsehoods and Truths (우종창의 거짓과 진실) Woo Jong-chang (우종창): On March 7, 2019, I received a summons from the Seoul District office of the National...

Categories Censorship/Lawfare/People/Leadership/Translation of Korean News

January 25, 2019

Moon Jae-in Government’s Problem of Broadcast Control and the Oppression of the KBS Board Member KAHNG Gyoo-hyoung (강규형); 문재인 정부의 방송장악 과정의 문제점과 KBS강규형 이사 탄압

2018/12/2, Kahng Gyoo-hyoung KAHNG Gyoo-hyoung (Kahng is the last name) is a professor at Myongji University and a former Board Member of the Board of Governors, KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)....

Categories Censorship/Lawfare/Media/Purge

January 21, 2019

Will KBS Wake Up when It Is Forced to Shut Down?

2019/1/20, Kahng Gyoo-hyoung’s Column What is the report that 4 members of the National Union of Media Workers control KBS? KBS tries to resume purges through the Audit and Inspection...

Categories Censorship/Lawfare/Media/Purge/Translation of Korean News