Category: Translation of Korean News

Partial/full translation of news from Korean to English. The date is the date of the article in the original source. The original news link is usually found at the bottom of the page. The words inside the brackets are not in the original article, but used to clarify, if needed.

June 22, 2024

[Exclusive] Former Spy Chief Kwon Young-hae “North Korean Intervention in Gwanjgu in May 1980 Confirmed by the Agency for National Security Planning (NSP) [Korea’s CIA]”

2024-6-20, SkyeDaily (허겸, Hur Kyoum) [TRANSLATION] Above: “Korean People’s Army (KPA) Martyred Heroes Tombstone Monument” (인민군 영웅들의 렬사묘비) in Chongjin, North Hamkyung Province, North Korea. The photo was taken in...

5.18/Espionage/Subversion/Translation of Korean News

May 21, 2024

Dedicating ₩100 Trillion ($73.2 billion) to China…Even ROK Navy Submarine Routes could be Handed Over, Underwater Communications Cable Vulnerable to Chinese Interception

[TRANSLATION] 2024-5-20, Hankyung [TRANSLATION] Artist rendition of undersea view showing topography and cables (above) Chinese companies are taking over the domestic offshore wind power market, which is expected to grow...

China/Energy/National Security/Translation of Korean News

September 13, 2023

National Assembly Exhibits Bust of Mao Zedong, War Criminal of the Korean War…Titled “Savior”

2023-9-12, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION] On September 11, 2023, it was discovered that a bust of Mao Zedong, a war criminal of the Korean War, was displayed in the National Assembly....

China/Communism/Influence Operations/Psychological Operations/Translation of Korean News

May 25, 2023

North Korea’s Spies Also in the Progressive Party and Teachers’ Union in South Korea

2023-5-24, Munhwa Ibo [TRANSLATION] Above: KTU members block the police and National Intelligence Service (NIS) search & seizure of KTU office in Chuncheon City, Gangwon Province, 2023-5-23, Yonhap News Mr....

Information Operations/Intelligence/North Korea/Spy/Subversion/Translation of Korean News

March 29, 2023

Intelligence Collection: “KCTU Labor Union Cadres Entered U.S. Military Bases, Photographed Facilities, and Sent the Pictures to North Korea”

2023-3-29, Dong-A Ilbo [TRANSLATION] It was revealed on March 28, 2023 that Mr. A, the Director of Organization of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU, MinNoChong), who was arrested...

Intelligence/Labor Union/Spy/Translation of Korean News/Treason

March 23, 2023

Moon Jae-in’s Blue House Official: “Bundles of Cash Sent to North Korea through Seongnam Airport”

2023-2-9, JoongAng Ilbo [TRANSLATION] [Truncated] In that case, did the Moon Jae-in government not have any remittances to North Korea? In this regard, I have heard something noteworthy. According to...

Moon Jae-in/North Korea/Sanctions/Translation of Korean News

January 11, 2023

Spy Investigations Considerably Slowed Down during Moon Jae-in Government, Investigations Restarted Under Yoon Suk-yeol Administration, but Concerns Remain

2023-1-9, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION] Article Title: The Moon Government Let Go of Spy Investigations…Only 3 People in 4 Years (文정부, 간첩수사 손 놔… 4년동안 3명 적발 그쳐) Prior to the...

Abuse of Authority/Defense/Espionage/Intelligence/National Security/North Korea/South Korea/Spy/Subversion/Translation of Korean News/Treason

January 10, 2023

North Korea Ordered Jeju Spy Ring in South Korea to “Fight Using KCTU Labor Union and NGOs”

2023-1-9, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION] It was confirmed on January 8, 2023 that cadres of the progressive political party in South Korea are under investigation by counterintelligence authorities for allegedly engaging...

Defense/Espionage/Intelligence/National Security/Spy/Subversion/Translation of Korean News

August 21, 2022

[Exclusive] Shocking Testimony of a Senior NIS official: NIS Under Moon Bought a Villa, Yacht in Preparation for Kim Jong-un’s Potential Visit

September 2022 Issue, Choi Woo-seok, Chosun Monthly [TRANSLATION] ⊙ “Around June 2019, the NIS bought a ₩1,600,000,000 (~$1.37 million) villa in Paju, where his party would stay during his reciprocal...

Defectors/Moon Jae-in/North Korea/Sanctions/Translation of Korean News/Whistleblower

August 18, 2022

What Was the Truth about the “S. Korea-China Foreign Transaction During the Moon Regime”

2022-8-9, Cho Woo-seok Column, Sky eDaily [TRANSLATION] The news worthy of attention these days is the remarks of the Foreign Affairs Minister Park Jin (박진). On 1 August, he simultaneously...

China/Moon Jae-in/Translation of Korean News/Treason