Intelligence Special Activities Fund Increasing While NIS Core Function is Neutralized, Park Geun-hye Unjustly Jailed for the Fund, while Moon’s Blue House Continues to Receive the Fund

2020-12-11, Tara O NIS Budget Increasing Despite the expected removal of core capabilities from the National Intelligence Service (NIS, South Korea’s CIA), the NIS budget is actually increasing.  In 2020,...

De Facto One Party Rule in South Korea, the Democratic Party of Korea Rushes Through Bills Harmful to Human Rights, Free Speech, National Security, Economy

2020-12-5, Tara O The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (Deobureo Minjoo Party) forced the “Amendment to the Act on the Development of Inter-Korean Relations,” a bill that criminalizes sending leaflets...

The Ruling Party Destroys South Korea’s Capability to Catch North Korean Spies, Bills Blazing Through Legislature to Take Away Intelligence Agency’s Core Capability, Abolish the National Security Law

2020-12-3, Tara O South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in and his party have long pushed for dismantling South Korea’s capability to catch North Korean spies and agents.  They are close to...

Rally Organizers Jailed, Prime Minister & Police Promise Crackdown, Suppression of Freedom of Assembly in South Korea

2020-9-28, Tara O October 3rd is National Foundation Day in South Korea.  Similar to last year, major rallies against the Moon Jae-in government were planned for that day, but the...