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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

October 18, 2020

South Korea’s Current Blue House Budget for Managing Journalists “Unlimited”

2020-10-18, Tara O The current South Korean Blue House presidential spokesperson has an unlimited budget in dealing with the pool of Blue House correspondents. Normally, a government credit card with...

Media/South Korea

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,...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

September 29, 2019

Cho Kuk, Hankyoreh, KBS, MBC, RSF and the Freedom of the Press in South Korea

2019-9-29, Tara O As the controversy over Cho Kuk’s corruption, nepotism, and other scandals become bigger, there are also those in the media who are fighting for freedom of the...

Censorship/Media/South Korea/Whistleblower

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

April 21, 2019

Truth Forum Statement on the Impeachment of President Park Geun-hye

2019-2-22, Truth Forum It has been over two years since the National Assembly voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye from office in December 2016. But the citizens of South Korea...

Disinformation/Impeachment/Liberal Democracy/Media/Opinion Rigging/Statements from Korean groups

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...

Censorship/Lawfare/Media/Translation of Korean News

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