East Asia Research Center

June 25, 2022

Sex Bribery, Evidence Tampering Scandal of Lee Jun-seok, the People Power Party Leader, PPP Support Base in Uproar, Opposition Party Quiet

2022-6-25, Tara O The People Power Party’s (PPP) Ethics Committee has been meeting to determine how it will punish Lee Jun-seok (이준석), the leader of the party, for the sexual...

Bribery/Rule of Law/Sex

June 13, 2022

Sex Scandals of Far Left Activists-turned Democratic Party Lawmakers Im Jong-seok, Song Young-gil, Woo Sang-ho, Yun Ho-jung While Visiting Vietnam

2022-6-13, Tara O What do Im Jong-seok (임종석), Song Young-gil (송영길), Woo Sang-ho (우상호), and Yun Ho-jung (윤호중) have in common? They are or were influential lawmakers of the Democratic...

5.18/Abuse of Authority/Bribery/Communism/Jeondaehyup/Scandal/Socialism/Subversion

June 6, 2022

Communist Spy Shin Young-bok of Subversive Revolutionary Organization Memorialized at South Korea’s Intelligence Agency, An Insult to NIS and the Republic of Korea

Tara O, 2022-6-6 Imagine a statue of Aldrich H. Ames at the entrance of the CIA. Or a memorial of Robert Hanssen at the entrance of the FBI. Does it...

Espionage/Influence Operations/Information Operations/Intelligence/Moon Jae-in/National Security/Socialism/Spy/Subversion/Treason

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...

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...

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

May 3, 2022

Korea-U.S. Defense C4I Compromised, South Korean Captain and a Defense Contractor Arrested for Spying for North Korea

2022-5-3, Tara O A South Korean military officer and a defense contractor for IT systems were arrested for spying for North Korea in return for payments in crypto currency. They...

Defense/Espionage/Information Operations/Intelligence/Military/National Security/Spy

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...

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

March 5, 2022

South Korean Presidential Election 2022: Ballot Problems Already

Tara O, 2022-3-5 The presidential election date is March 9, 2022, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voters can vote on that day or during the pre-vote period of March 4-5,...

Abuse of Authority/Election Fraud/Elections

January 26, 2022

Former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn Feels Threatened for Speaking Out about Election Fraud in Korea

2022-1-26, Tara O Hwang Kyo-ahn, former prime minister, acting president, and the leader of the Future United Party (미래통합당), posted on social media with a video that he will absolutely...

Censorship/Election Fraud/Elections

January 13, 2022

The Worship of the Gwangju 5.18 Incident and the Suppression of Freedom of Speech and Human Rights: Prosecutor Wants 4 Years Jail for Dr. Ji Man-won, 11 Citizens to be Criminalized for “5.18 History Distortion Punishment Act” Violations

Update as of 2022-2-25: The judges sentenced Dr. Ji Man-won to 2 years of imprisonment on February 16, 2022. The sentence was not carried out. —– Update as of 2022-1-25:...

5.18/Censorship/Freedom/Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech/Freedom of the Press/History/Human Rights/Lawfare/South Korea/Suppression/Tyranny