Category: People/Leadership

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...

Categories Media/People/Leadership/S-N/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...

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

September 18, 2018

Pres. Moon: North Korea Took Irreversible Measures, the Only Thing We Did Was to Stop the Exercise, Stalling Negotiations

“North Korea Requests Corresponding Measures…The Cause of North American Stalemate”  “We will completely end the military tension in the DMZ and the West Sea NLL at the Pyongyang Inter-Korean Summit”...

Categories Alliance/People/Leadership/Politics/S-N/Translation of Korean News

September 18, 2018

South Korean President Moon Jae-in sued Koh Young-ju for calling Moon a Communist

Tara O, 2018-9-16 Using lawsuits to silence the critics in South Korea is a growing phenomenon.  Blue House Chief of Staff, Im Jong-seok sued a researcher Dr. Ji Man-won for...

Categories Alliance/Censorship/Constitution/Druking/Freedom/Groups/Law/People/Leadership/Politics

September 18, 2018

Testimonies related to Moon Jae-in’s Libel Suit against Koh Young-ju (in English and Korean)

Annex 1:  Professor Emeritus Yang Dong-an’s (양동안) 11 characteristics of communists (submitted September 26, 2016)  Annex 2:  Yang Dong-an’s statement on the reasons for suspecting Moon as a communist (submitted...

Categories Censorship/Freedom/People/Leadership/Politics

September 16, 2018

Blue House Announces Roster of Delegation to Visit North Korea…Lee Jae-yong, Chey Tae-won, Koo Kwang-mo, and Hyun Jeong-eun

Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman, Chey Tae-won, SK Group CEO, Koo Kwang-mo, LG Group CEO, and Hyun Jung-eun, Hyundai Group Chairwoman, will accompany (president Moon for) the North-South summit...

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