Category: National Security

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

December 3, 2020

The Ruling Party Destroys South Korea’s Capability to Catch North Korean Spies, Bills Blazing Through Legislature to Take Away Intelligence Agency’s Core Capability, Abolish the National Security Law

2020-12-3, Tara O South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in and his party have long pushed for dismantling South Korea’s capability to catch North Korean spies and agents.  They are close to...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Election Fraud/Espionage/Intelligence/Lawfare/National Security/North Korea/Purge/Socialism/South Korea/Spy/Subversion/Treason

October 7, 2020

Huawei’s Chips Banned by the U.S. in South Korean Defense Ministry’s 40,000 Smart Speakers, Ministry “Didn’t Know”

2020-10-5, TV Chosun [TRANSLATION] From now on, I will focus on our exclusive report that China’s Huawei semiconductor chips, which the U.S. banned for security reasons, has been installed inside...

Categories China/Espionage/Intelligence/Military/National Security/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

September 23, 2020

China’s United Front Work Department Pushes for Building China’s Virus Lab in South Korea, Belt and Road Projects and A2/AD Too

2020-9-23, Tara O China recently proposed to build a large Northeast Asian e-commerce logistics hub in Busan.  As part of the project, China is pressing hard to build a virus...

Categories China/Coronavirus/Defense/Influence Operations/National Security/South Korea/Subversion

September 19, 2020

South Korea’s NIS (National Intelligence Service) to be Renamed ISIS? Capability to Catch North Korean Spies to Disappear

2020-9-19, Tara O On July 30, 2020, the Moon Jae-in administration and the Democratic Party of Korea (Deobureo Minjoo Party) held a party-government-Blue House discussion (당정청협의) on the “reform of...

Categories Espionage/Intelligence/Lawfare/National Security