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.

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...

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

July 7, 2021

Special prosecutor Park Young-soo, who Attacked the Legitimacy of Former President Park Geun-hye’s administration with Evidence-less Bribery Charges, is Accused of Bribery

2021-7-5, PennMike [TRANSLATION] Special Prosecutor Park Young-soo (박영수), who is responsible for sending former President Park Geun-hye to prison for 22 years for charges of bribery, when Park did not...

Corruption/Law/Translation of Korean News

April 30, 2021

The Moon Administration’s Connection to the Revolutionary Unification Party, Extends to Even Ki Mo-Ran

2021-4-22, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION] On August 20, 1968, a North Korean spy ship appeared off the coast of Jeju island. Their plan was to pick up Kim Jong-tae (김종태) and...

Communism/Espionage/Moon Jae-in/North Korea/Security/South Korea/Spy/Subversion/Translation of Korean News

April 26, 2021

South Korean POW Who Was Held in North Korea for 50 Years Speaks

2021-3-12, Boda [TRANSLATION] [North Korean defector [former Korean People’s Army (KPA) soldier] Kim Jong-a (김정아) interviews Yu Yong-bok (유영복), a Republic of Korea (ROK) Prisoner of War (POW) held in...

Human Rights/Korean War/North Korea/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

April 24, 2021

Park Won-soon’s 9 Years of Seoul “Gave ₩700 billion (~$600 million) to Leftist Civic Groups, Nurtured 2 Million Votes… Seoul Grew ‘Left-wing Voters'”

2021-4-21, NewDaily [TRANSLATION] [Editor’s Note] As a result of the April 7, 2021 Seoul Mayor’s By-election, the new Mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon of the People Power Party, is in...

Abuse of Authority/Corruption/Translation of Korean News

January 1, 2021

Mass Coronavirus Infection at Seoul’s Dongbu Detention Center, Infected Inmates Sharing Small Jail Cells, Neglect by Authorities and Death

[Editorials] The tragedy of the detention center would have been prevented even if only 1/100 of the efforts were made 2020-12-30, Chosun Ilbo Opinion [TRANSLATION] Since the first Coronavirus case...

Coronavirus/Human Rights/Translation of Korean News

December 23, 2020

A Group with the Goal to Oust Park Geun-hye from Presidency Organized Candlelight Demonstrations, Created Media Narratives, and Filed Accusations, Internal Document Reveals

2020-9-25, Ilyo Shinmun (Sunday Newspaper) [TRANSLATION] Writing a “statement of accounts” after impeachment? Emergency Citizen Action for the Park Geun-hye Administration’s Resignation’s internal data disclosure Ilyo Shinmun recently obtained material...

Demonstrations/Impeachment/Lawfare/Propaganda/South Korea/Translation of Korean News/Treason

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...

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

October 8, 2020

Using Tricks to Protect Money for North Korea…Im Jong-seok and GyeongMoonHyeop Blocked the South Korean Government Redemption of $210,000 (₩230 Million)

2020-10-5, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION] The Foundation of Inter-Korea Cooperation [literal translation: South-North Economic and Cultural Cooperation Foundation, 남북경제문화협력재단; GyeongMoonHyeop (경문협) for short] is a private organization registered with the Ministry...

North Korea/Sanctions/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

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...

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