Category: South Korea

November 5, 2023

Major South Korean Political Parties Signed Agreements with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

2023-11-5, Tara O Two major political parties in South Korea have signed agreements with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Furthermore, a large number of lawmakers, 100, signed up to be...

Categories China/Influence Operations/South Korea/Subversion

July 11, 2023

Anti-U.S. Demonstrations Planned at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys on 27 July 2023

2023-7-11, Tara O Groups with the same objectives as North Korea plan to demonstrate at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, the U.S. military base in Pyeongtaek (Pyongtaek), South Korea on July...

Categories Demonstrations/Influence Operations/Military/South Korea/Subversion

March 2, 2023

Press Release:  Implement the North Korean Human Rights Act, Delayed 7 Years by the Democratic Party of Korea

2023-3-2, Press Release Statement by North Korea Human Rights [Non-profit] Corporation and 82 other human rights organizations The Democratic Party of Korea (Deobureo Minju Party) should immediately implement the North...

Categories Human Rights/North Korea/South Korea/Statements from Korean groups

January 17, 2023

South Korean Court Imprisons a Vietnam War Veteran and Retired ROK Army Colonel for Saying North Korea Was Involved in the Gwangju Uprising in May 1980

2023-1-17, Tara O On January 12, 2023, the Korean Supreme Court upheld the Appellate Court’s decision to imprison Colonel Ji Man-won on defamation charges for saying North Korea was involved...

Categories 5.18/Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/History/Human Rights/Lawfare/North Korea/South Korea/Suppression

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...

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

December 24, 2022

China’s Police Stations Worldwide and a Strange Chinese Restaurant in Seoul

2022-12-24, Tara O Safeguard Defenders, a Spain-based rights group, exposed China’s extraterritoriality by discovering China operating extralegal police stations in at least 50 foreign countries in a report “110 Overseas...

Categories China/Law/National Security/South Korea

December 7, 2022

KCTU Background:  Korean Labor Union Pursues North Korea’s Anti-U.S., Anti-ROK, Anti-Japan Positions; Calls to Abolish the National Security Act; Coordinates with North Korea

2022-12-7, Tara O Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) (전국민주노동조합총연맹) abbreviated as MinNoChong (민노총) pursues demands that are anti-U.S., anti-Japan, and pro-North Korea.  KCTU works with North Korea to pursue...

Categories Communism/Demonstrations/Jeondaehyup/Labor Union/National Security/North Korea/Protests/Socialism/South Korea/Subversion

May 20, 2022

Former Blue House Senior Staff Im Jong-seok et. al. Wielded Undue Power over Military, Created Military Personnel Blacklist, Anti-US a Criterion for a Promotion Category

2022-5-20, Tara O Im Jong-seok, the former Chief of Staff under Moon Jae-in, with a past of jusapa (revering Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-un), visited the 5th Infantry Division’s observation...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Cho Kuk/Military/National Security/Purge/South Korea

May 18, 2022

Questions about the Incidents in May 1980 in Gwangju:  Toll Road Ambush, Stealing Military Vehicles and Weapons, Rigging TNT in the Provincial Building

2022-5-18, Tara O Raising a different version of events than the current narrative about what happened in Gwangju beginning on May 18, 1980 (“5.18”) or even questioning the account can...

Categories 5.18/Demonstrations/Disinformation/History/National Security/North Korea/Psychological Operations/South Korea

April 2, 2022

KimMelda:  NIS Fund Used to Pay South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s Wife’s Luxurious Clothes and Jewelry?

2022-4-2, Tara O South Korean First Lady Kim Jong-sook’s extravagant spending on clothes, shoes, jewelry, and accessories during the Moon administration has become a major controversy in South Korea.  The...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Corruption/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/South Korea