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.

May 19, 2020

Funds Donated for the Funeral of a Former Comfort Woman given to Anti-THAAD Organizations

2020-5-16, Chosun Ilbo [Translation] It was confirmed on May 15, 2020 that [a comfort women organization] Jeong-ui-yeon (정의연) used some of the donation collected from citizens during the funeral of...

Defectors/Japan/Subversion/Translation of Korean News

May 8, 2020

Is It So Hard to say “You’ve worked hard to protect our country,” Association of Teenage Soldiers of the Korean War Finally Closes

2020-5-7, Chosun Ilbo [Translation] “All we ask is for you to say ‘You worked so hard to protect our country.’ I don’t understand why it’s so difficult to say it...

Korean War/Military/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

May 4, 2020

Confucius Institutes in South Korea Promote Chinese Communist Party’s Propaganda

2020-5-2, Dong-a Ilbo [Translation] “Mao Ze Dong is someone who brings happiness to the Orient.” No Confucius in the Confucius Institute Propaganda of the communist system, distorted history Children’s teaching...

China/Communism/Disinformation/Education/Socialism/South Korea/Subversion/Translation of Korean News

April 21, 2020

To Give Coronavirus Disaster Aid…Defense Budget Cut by ₩904.7 Billion (~$750 Million), Including the Budget for F-35 Stealth Fighter

2020-4-17, NewDaily [Translation] The government of Moon Jae-in decided to cut ₩904.7 billion (~$750 million) in the defense budget this year in the name of providing emergency disaster aid to...

Defense/Elections/Military/North Korea/South Korea/Translation of Korean News/Wuhan Virus

April 17, 2020

Just One Day After the Landslide Victory, “Abolish the National Security Act,” “Change the Constitution to Nationalize Land,” and the Prosecutor General Threatened

2020-4-17, NewDaily [Translation] One day after the ruling party’s landslide victory in the 21st general election, the ruling party is calling to abolish the National Security Act. In addition, the...

Communism/Constitution/Defense/Elections/Nationalization/Security/Socialism/South Korea/Subversion/Translation of Korean News

April 13, 2020

Chinese Fishing Vessels’ Giant Trawl Nets, Twice the Length of the 63 Building, Discovered in the Seas near Jeju Island

2020-4-10, News1 [Translation] The South Korean Coast Guard continued to discover and destroy gigantic trawl nets placed illegally by Chinese fishing vessels [in the waters near Jeju Island]. The fish...

China/Defense/Economy/Food/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

April 7, 2020

Kim Jong Un, “Get into the Core Positions of South Korean Politics.”

March 3, 2016, Future Korea [Translation] [Exclusively Obtained]: Kim Jong Un’s Remarks at a Meeting of Senior Officials of the Workers’ Party of North Korea Kim Jong Un’s order: The...

Elections/North Korea/South Korea/Subversion/Translation of Korean News

March 18, 2020

Kim Yoo-jin, a member of the pro-North Korea group Arrested for Infiltrating the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence in Seoul, Becomes a Lawmaker Candidate for the Minjung Party

2020-3-18, PennMike [Translation] In October 2019, the members of the hard-core pro-North Korea group infiltrated the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in South Korea [by climbing over the wall] and held...

Elections/North Korea/Protests/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

March 12, 2020

Realmeter Charged with Public Opinion Manipulation…Fraud, Obstruction, Election Law Violation

2020-3-11, NewDaily [Translation] Young Law Professionals of the Future (미래를여는청년변호사모임) or MiraeCheongByeon (미래청변 for short) gathered on March 11, 2020 and filed a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office charging...

Disinformation/Elections/Moon Jae-in/Opinion Rigging/Poll/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

March 2, 2020

Unprecedented: South Korea’s Energy Firm KEPCO Plans to Allow Chinese Companies to Bid

2020-2-26, Seoul Economy [TRANSLATION] KEPCO [Korea Electric Power Corporation], which is struggling with deteriorating earnings, is pushing ahead with the plan to involve Chinese companies in bidding for electric power...

China/Energy/Security/South Korea/Translation of Korean News