January 19, 2024

North Korea-Russia Missile and Satellite Technology Cooperation

2024-1-19, Tara O North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on January 16, 2024.  The document detailed below indicates...

Categories Missiles/North Korea/Russia

November 18, 2023

China’s 38 Fake News Sites Disseminating Pro-China, Anti-US, Anti-Japan Content in South Korea

2023-11-18, Tara O Chinese organizations posing as South Korean media-related PR companies have established 38 news sites disguised as South Korean domestic media outlets, which are spreading pro-China, anti-America, and...

Categories China/Influence Operations/Psychological Operations

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

September 8, 2023

Gwangju, Chinese Communist Party, and the Zheng Lucheng Controversy in Korea

2023-9-8, Tara O The City of Gwangju (Kwangju) in South Jeolla Province in Korea has been paying tribute to a communist, Zheng Lucheng (Chinese pronunciation:  Zheng Lucheng, 鄭律成, 정뤼청, Korean...

Categories China/Communism/Influence Operations/Korean War

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

May 12, 2023

The Man North Korea “Feared the Most” Kim Kwan-jin Returns

2023-5-12, Tara O Kim Kwan-jin On May 10, 2023, President Yoon Suk-yeol appointed Kim Kwan-jin as the Vice Chairman of the National Defense Innovation Commission (국방혁신위원회) (the president is the...

Categories Defense/National Security

May 11, 2023

North Korea Hacks South Korea’s National Election Commission

2023-5-11, Tara O South Korea’s National Election Commission (중앙선거관리위원회) has been cyber attacked 8 times in the past 2 years, 7 of which are believed to have been conducted by...

Categories Election Fraud/Elections/Hacking/National Security

March 23, 2023

Meta Report:  The National Election Commission in South Korea Most Active in Restricting Content on Facebook

2023-3-23, Tara O Amount of Content Facebook Restricted in South Korea (2015-2022) (Bar Graph) During the first half of 2022 (January to June) in South Korea, Facebook restricted ~19,500 items,...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Freedom of Speech

March 20, 2023

What are North Korea’s Instructions to Spies? North Korea-instructed Slogans Appear in Demonstrations in South Korea

2023-3-20, Tara O Various spy rings have been uncovered in South Korea, including those in the Changwon, Chungju, Jeju, and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) (aka Minju NoChong). ...

Categories Espionage/Information Operations/Intelligence/National Security/Spy/Subversion

February 4, 2023

People’s Front for Independent Unification, HGH, North Korea’s Extensive Spy Network Discovered All Over South Korea

2023-2-4, Tara O A major spy scandal has been brewing for more than 5 years in South Korea.  The activities of North Korean agents and their South Korean assets are...

Categories Espionage/Intelligence/Spy/Subversion