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.

November 7, 2018

South Korean POWs who Escaped from North Korea, Human Rights Groups “File a Criminal Complaint against Kim Jong-un”

2018-11-6, VOA South Korean military POWs and abductees who escaped from North Korea and human rights organizations came together to file a criminal complaint with the prosecution against North Korea’s...

Human Rights/Translation of Korean News

November 6, 2018

North Korean Coastal Artillery Door 1 (Left Open 5th Day in a Row)…Our Side Don’t Even Protest

2018-11-5 According to the September 19 military agreement, South Korea and North Korea agreed to cease hostilities against each other in the buffer zone of the land, sea, and air...

Security/Translation of Korean News/Uncategorized

October 24, 2018

10 Billion Won ($8.8 million) to Repair Gaesong Liaison Office? Suspicion of Cash Support to North Korea

– It costs 10 billion won to repair a four-story building? The huge expense is not convincing by common sense. 2018-10-25 The Unification Ministry revealed that it spent 10 billion...

S-N/Sanctions/Translation of Korean News

October 19, 2018

Only 1 or 2 of 10 Factories Run at Night … At 8 p.m. Darkness Befalls the Factory Complex

2018.10.17 The lights go out at industrial complexes. I went to industrial complexes Southeast, Banwol, Shihwa, where the manufacturing companies are concentrated… Most are contractors of large business… Direct hit...

Economy/Translation of Korean News

October 15, 2018

Deoburreo Minju Party Asks Google to Delete 104 “Fake News”

The Deoburreo Minju Party’s Special Committee on Countermeasures against Fake News visited Google Korea on the 15th and delivered a letter requesting “deletion of false information.” Minju Party lawmaker Park...

Censorship/Translation of Korean News

October 15, 2018

South Korean Unification Minister Jo Myoung-Gyon Kowtows in Advance to High Ranking North Korean Official, Disallows Defector-turned-Journalist

Unification Minister denied the coverage of high-level talks between South Korea and North Korea by a Chosun Ilbo reporter, who is also a defector from North Korea. “The Unification Ministry is...

Media/People/Leadership/S-N/Translation of Korean News

October 13, 2018

Moon Jae-in jointly accused of Treason, National Movement Headquarters launched, A Chance to Unify Taegukki factions?

2018.10.12On September 21, 2018, Taegukki Revolution Citizens’ Activism Headquarters (태극기혁명국민운동본부 or 국본 for short) reported Mr. Moon to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea for Yeojeokjoi (여적죄)–a crime...

Translation of Korean News/Treason

October 4, 2018

(한글) South Korea-North Korea Military Agreement signed on 2018-9-19 (Korean language) (판문점선언 이행을 위한 군사분야 합의서 해설료)

(한글) South Korea-North Korea Military Agreement signed on 2018-9-19 in Pyongyang. (Korean language) The Korean version of the military agreement has 56 pages while the English version has 17 pages. ...

Official Documents/S-N/Security/Translation of Korean News

September 30, 2018

(English) South Korea-North Korea Military Agreement signed on 2018-9-19 (Panmunjom Declaration in the Military Domain)

The South Korea-North Korea military agreement signed in Pyongyang on 2018-9-19 between the Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of Defense SONG Young-moo and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)...

Official Documents/S-N/Security/Translation of Korean News

September 30, 2018

Ruling Party Wants to Pass Law Requiring Approval Before Distributing Leaflets to North Korea

Media Pen, 2018-9-28 Deoburreo Minju Party lawmaker Kim Byeong-ug (김병욱) proposed amendments to the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Law, which require approval before distributing leaflets to North Korea, on2018-9-28. – Leaflets...

Freedom/Human Rights/People/Leadership/Politics/Translation of Korean News