January 14, 2019

South Korea’s Youth Group Supports the U.S.-ROK Alliance and the U.S. Military Presence in South Korea

The majority of South Koreans support the U.S.-ROK (Republic of Korea) alliance and the presence of the U.S. military in South Korea.  The older generation has expressed this view through...

Categories Alliance

January 12, 2019

Controversy over a Journalist’s Question to Moon: Not changing the economic policy despite people having difficulties. Where does such confidence come from?

2019-4-24 Updated. Tara O The YouTube video in this article disappeared. So here’s a photo. 2019-1-12, Tara O President Moon Jae-in held a New Year’s press conference at the Blue...

Categories Media/People/Leadership

December 3, 2018

Freedom of the Press Muzzled Again in South Korea: Shin In-kyun, a Youtuber and a Defense Analyst, Prevented from Appearing on Channel A

2018-12-2, Tara O Shin In-kyun (신인균), a defense analyst with his own YouTube program, is prevented from appearing on Channel A’s program as of November 22, 2018.  (Channel A is...

Categories Censorship/Freedom

November 30, 2018

A Message to South Koreans, from Retired Generals Worrying about National Security

2017-11-21 About 400-500 retired generals gathered at the Korean War Memorial Museum at Yongsan, Seoul on November 21, 2018.  About 1,500 attendees filled all 900 seats and overflowed into the...

Categories Security

November 25, 2018

Suppression of Freedom of the Press in South Korea: What’s So Special About a Tablet PC that a Journalist is in Jail?

2017-11-25, Tara O This is an update on journalist Byun Hee-jai (변희재), who was preemptively jailed prior to trial for libel in South Korea.  For the original report, see here....

Categories Censorship/Freedom/Law

November 24, 2018

Is South Korea Running A Courier Service for North Korea? Mysterious Flight from Incheon, Ended up Flying to Uganda via Seongnam and the UAE

2018-11-24, Tara O A mysterious flight that put “N/A” as the destination in its flight plan took off from Incheon (ICN) airport on November 19, 2018.  Although the destination was...

Categories North Korea/Sanctions

November 13, 2018

Is the Moon Jae-in Administration of South Korea giving up its Territory, Sovereignty, and National Security? The 2018 South Korea-North Korea Military Agreement Indicates as Such

2018-11-13, Tara O The South Korea-North Korea military agreement was signed on September 19, 2018 between Song Young-moo, the then-Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and...

Categories Sanctions/Security

November 4, 2018

YouTube Phenomena in South Korea: Demand for Freedom of Expression and the Efforts to Suppress it

2018-11-4, Tara O The Moon Jae-in administration and its Deobureo Minju Party declared war on “fake news” recently, specifically targeting YouTube, as it became more popular as a news source....

Categories Censorship

October 28, 2018

Declaration of 320 Patriotic Leaders to Oust Moon Jae-in and to Defend the Nation (Republic of Korea); 문재인 퇴진 및 국가수호를 위한 지식인 320인 선언문

2018-10-26 320 patriotic leaders held a press conference in Seoul on 2018-10-26.  They strongly denounced Moon Jae-in’s “treasonous regime,” which is destroying the liberal democracy’s rule of law, national security,...

Categories Freedom/People/Leadership/Treason

October 22, 2018

South Korea Wants to Mechanize all of its Infantry…The Problem is the Terrain

2018-10-21 Tara O The Republic of Korea (ROK) Army plans to supply all its infantry, down to the squad level, with wheeled combat vehicles, including Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs), according...

Categories Security