Category: National Security

October 23, 2022

Lawmaker Kim Byung-joo, Democratic Party of Korea, Retired ROK Military 4 Star General, Criticizes Korea-U.S.-Japan Military Exercise

2022-10-23, Tara O National Assemblyman Kim Byung-joo (김병주), Democratic Party of Korea, criticized the recent Republic of Korea (ROK)-U.S.-Japan military exercise.  On October 12, 2022, he said, “It’s the same...

Categories Alliance/Defense/Military/Moon Jae-in/National Security

June 6, 2022

Communist Spy Shin Young-bok of Subversive Revolutionary Organization Memorialized at South Korea’s Intelligence Agency, An Insult to NIS and the Republic of Korea

Tara O, 2022-6-6 Imagine a statue of Aldrich H. Ames at the entrance of the CIA.  Or a memorial of Robert Hanssen at the entrance of the FBI.  Does it...

Categories Espionage/Influence Operations/Information Operations/Intelligence/Moon Jae-in/National Security/Socialism/Spy/Subversion/Treason

May 20, 2022

Former Blue House Senior Staff Im Jong-seok et. al. Wielded Undue Power over Military, Created Military Personnel Blacklist, Anti-US a Criterion for a Promotion Category

2022-5-20, Tara O Im Jong-seok, the former Chief of Staff under Moon Jae-in, with a past of jusapa (revering Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-un), visited the 5th Infantry Division’s observation...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Cho Kuk/Military/National Security/Purge/South Korea

May 18, 2022

Questions about the Incidents in May 1980 in Gwangju:  Toll Road Ambush, Stealing Military Vehicles and Weapons, Rigging TNT in the Provincial Building

2022-5-18, Tara O Raising a different version of events than the current narrative about what happened in Gwangju beginning on May 18, 1980 (“5.18”) or even questioning the account can...

Categories 5.18/Demonstrations/Disinformation/History/National Security/North Korea/Psychological Operations/South Korea

May 3, 2022

Korea-U.S. Defense C4I Compromised, South Korean Captain and a Defense Contractor Arrested for Spying for North Korea

2022-5-3, Tara O A South Korean military officer and a defense contractor for IT systems were arrested for spying for North Korea in return for payments in crypto currency.  They...

Categories Defense/Espionage/Information Operations/Intelligence/Military/National Security/Spy

February 2, 2022

Moon Jae-in Government’s Daydream for “Peaceful Unification through Conversation”

January 25, 2022, Lee Chul-young, columnist [Translation] The South Korean government’s five-year daydream of “Peace Show,” so-called the “Korean Peninsula Peace Process,” is likely to end in vain. By the...

Categories National Security/North Korea/Nuclear weapons/Translation of Korean News

June 8, 2021

We Condemn Abolishing the National Security Act, which Guarantees Continuous North Korean Espionage Activities Harmful to the Free Republic of Korea

2021-6-3, Freedom Coalition For Defending National Security Act June 3, 2021 The 105 patriotic societies organized the “Freedom Coalition For Defending National Security Act” (국가보안법수호자유연대) on June 3, 2021.  The...

Categories Communism/Espionage/Law/Lawfare/National Security/Socialism/South Korea/Spy/Statements from Korean groups/Subversion

June 4, 2021

Korean Workers’ Party Changed Its Goals? No, It’s Terminology Confusion Tactics

2021-6-4, Tara O The 8th Party Conference of Nodongdang [Korean Workers’ Party (KWP) or Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK)] was held in Pyongyang on January 9, 2021.  An article in...

Categories National Security/North Korea/South Korea

December 18, 2020

South Korea Cannot Catch North Korean Spies Without Article 7 of the National Security Act

2020-12-16, PenNMike TV [Translation] When the abolition of the National Security Act, a long-awaited project of the left, is completed, spy prosecution is impossible (0:07) Anchor Choi Dae-hyun:  Lawyer Koh...

Categories Intelligence/Lawfare/National Security/North Korea/South Korea/Translation of Korean News/Treason

December 5, 2020

De Facto One Party Rule in South Korea, the Democratic Party of Korea Rushes Through Bills Harmful to Human Rights, Free Speech, National Security, Economy

2020-12-5, Tara O The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (Deobureo Minjoo Party) forced the “Amendment to the Act on the Development of Inter-Korean Relations,” a bill that criminalizes sending leaflets...

Categories 5.18/Censorship/China/Control/Economy/Election Fraud/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Human Rights/Labor Union/Lawfare/Leaflets/National Security/Socialism/South Korea