Category: South Korea

August 10, 2020

South Korean Justice Minister Choo Promotes Prosecutors Loyal to the Moon Administration?

2020-8-8, Freedom-Korea.com [TRANSLATION]  Many prosecutors who were moved to key positions announced on August 7, 2020 were controversial figures, who either prevented investigations targeting the Moon Jae-in administration or forcibly...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Lawfare/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

August 7, 2020

Suppression of Free Speech of YouTubers Discussing the 5.18 Gwangju Uprising; Bill to Criminalize it with 7 Years Jail Introduced

2020-8-7, Tara O On July 30, 2020, the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC 방송통신심의위원회 or 방심회 for short ), South Korea’s internet censorship body, announced that Google Korea deleted 1...

Categories 5.18/Censorship/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/Lawfare/South Korea/Suppression

August 5, 2020

Letter to President Moon Jae-in: Suppression of Fundamental Freedoms, Oppression of Human Rights Activists and North Korean Defectors in South Korea

August 4, 2020, A letter by North Korea Freedom Coalition August 4, 2020 His Excellency Moon Jae-inPresident of the Republic of KoreaThe Blue House Seoul, Republic of Korea RE: Suppression...

Categories Censorship/Defectors/Human Rights/Moon Jae-in/Rule of Law/South Korea/Suppression

August 4, 2020

Document Agreeing to Transfer $3 Billion to North Korea Emerged at South Korea’s Spy Agency Head Nominee Park Jie-won’s Hearing

2020-8-4, Tara O Park Jie-won (박지원) was appointed as the Director of the National Intelligence Service on July 28, 2020 by Moon Jae-in, the day after his hearing on July...

Categories Espionage/Intelligence/North Korea/South Korea

August 2, 2020

Unification Minister Hearing: Thae Yong-ho Asks Lee In-young About Espousing Juche Ideology, National Security Law, Ji Seong-ho Asks about South Koreans detained in North Korea, Park Jin asks about the Alliance

2020-8-2, Tara O Despite the disapproval from the main opposition party, President Moon Jae-in approved Lee In-young (이인영) as the Unification Minister on Monday, July 27, 2020.  Lee was the...

Categories Alliance/Communism/Jeondaehyup/Lee In-young/Security/Socialism/South Korea/Spy/Subversion

July 28, 2020

Pay Cut for South Korean Navy Sailors

2020-7-28, Tara O Starting this month (July  2020), the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy decided to reduce the maximum overtime hours for the sailors below company grade officer level, citing...

Categories Budget/Military/South Korea

July 25, 2020

“Government Employees with More than 2 Houses, Block Promotions, Punish as Crime,” 5 Years Jail, in Democratic Party of Korea-Introduced Bills

2020-7-22, Seoul Shinmun [TRANSLATION] After Noh Young-min (노영민), Chief of Staff to the President, sold his house in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province followed by another residence in Banpo neighborhood, Gangnam...

Categories Law/Private Property/Socialism/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

July 25, 2020

Housing Rent Amount to be Set by Mayors and Governors, the Ruling Party Introduces a New Proposal in South Korea

2020-7-20, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION] [Truncated] According to the amendment to the Housing Basic Act (주거기본법) and the Housing Lease Protection Act (주택임대차보호법) posted on the National Assembly homepage on July...

Categories Law/Private Property/Socialism/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

July 19, 2020

Another Journalist, Woo Jong-chang, Jailed for Libel, Judge Says Cho Kuk Defamed, Rule of Law Continues to Crumble in South Korea

2020-7-19, Tara O Another journalist, Woo Jong-chang (우종창, 63), is jailed in South Korea after being convicted of the “crime” of “libel” for announcing “false information.”  On July 17, 2020,...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Cho Kuk/Constitution/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/Human Rights/Impeachment/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Media/Rule of Law/South Korea/Suppression

July 16, 2020

Letter for President Moon Jae-in from the North Korea Freedom Coalition Re Fighters for Free North Korea and Keunsaem

2020-7-15, North Korea Freedom Coalition, Suzanne Scholte, Chairman, et. al. URGENT July 15, 2020 His Excellency Moon Jae-inPresident of the Republic of Koreac/o Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States2450...

Categories Censorship/Defectors/Freedom/Human Rights/Moon Jae-in/South Korea