February 3, 2019

Korean Retired Generals Defending the Nation Statements

2019-1-30 by Korean Retired Generals Defending the Nation (2 Statements) Statement to ROK (Republic of Korea) Armed Forces Statement to the People of the Republic of Korea A Statement to...

Categories Alliance/Freedom/People/Leadership/Security

January 28, 2019

Moon Jae-in a Founding Member of Hankyoreh Newspaper

2019-1-28, Tara O Moon Jae-in was a founding member and a shareholder of Hankyoreh Media Group (publishes Hankyoreh newspaper), according to Song In-bae (송인배), who gave a lecture on May...

Categories Media/People/Leadership

January 25, 2019

Moon Jae-in Government’s Problem of Broadcast Control and the Oppression of the KBS Board Member KAHNG Gyoo-hyoung (강규형); 문재인 정부의 방송장악 과정의 문제점과 KBS강규형 이사 탄압

2018/12/2, Kahng Gyoo-hyoung KAHNG Gyoo-hyoung (Kahng is the last name) is a professor at Myongji University and a former Board Member of the Board of Governors, KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)....

Categories Censorship/Lawfare/Media/Purge

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