Search Results for: 2020 election

February 18, 2020

Snowstorm, Wuhan Virus, Chinese Micro Dust, Could Not Keep Away the Crowd Calling for Moon Jae-in to Step Down

2020-2-18, Tara O Over the last weekend (15-16 February 2020), a large rally occurred at the Syngman Rhee Plaza (Gwanghwamun Square) in Seoul, South Korea, despite the snowstorm, below freezing...

Categories Communism/Freedom/Lawfare/Media/Protests/Socialism/South Korea/Wuhan Virus

February 2, 2020

4 Years Jail for Libel Regarding 5.18 Gwangju Incident? Freedom of Speech to be Set Back Again in South Korea

February 2, 2020, Tara O The  suppression of freedom of speech continues in South Korea.  Prosecutors are pushing for 4 years of jail for Dr. Ji Man-won (지만원, 77-year old...

Categories 5.18/Abuse of Authority/Censorship/Constitution/Corruption/Disinformation/Freedom/History/Human Rights/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Rule of Law/South Korea

December 30, 2019

South Korean High School Students Speak Out Against Anti-Japan, Anti-U.S. Ideological Indoctrination by the Teachers’ Union Jeongyojo

2019-12-30, Tara O South Korean students at Inhun High School have been speaking out against forced participation in political activities, including  anti-Japan and Anti-U.S. activities, of Jeongyojo teachers and well...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Communism/Corruption/Education/Elections/Freedom/Human Rights/Japan/Labor Union/Nationalization/North Korea/Subversion

December 12, 2019

South Korea’s Ruling Party & 4 Smaller Parties Exclude the Main Opposition Party Again, Disregard Parliamentary System, Quickly Pass ₩512 Trillion ($432 Billion) Super Budget Without Discussion

2019-12-12, Tara O On December 10, 2019, the ruling party + 4 smaller parties, so-called “4+1,” formed a bloc to pass what is known as the “Super Budget” of ₩512.3...

Categories 5.18/Budget/Corruption/Economy/Human Rights/Korean War/Law/Lawfare/Rule of Law/South Korea

September 10, 2019

Next Year’s $430 billion ‘Super Super Budget’…$50 Billion in Deficit Bonds

2019-8-29, TV Chosun  (translation) South Korean government budget increases from ₩469 trillion (2019) to ₩513 trillion (2020) The government has proposed a super budget of ₩513 trillion ($430.7 billion) next...

Categories Economy/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

July 5, 2019

South Korea’s Ruling Party to Sign Agreement with Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and with prominent U.S. Think Tank CSIS

2019-7-5, Tara O The Institute for Democracy (the Minjoo Yeongoowon, 민주연구원, http://idp.or.kr/) is a partisan think tank under the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (or Deobureo Minjoo Dang in Korean,...

Categories Censorship/China/Constitution/Japan/Lawfare/Liberal Democracy/Lobbying/Subversion

July 1, 2019

The Declaration of the Citizens Who Are Working to Protect the Country, The Republic of Korea Proclaims an Emergency

2019-6-29, South Korean Citizens Who Are Working to Protect the Country The Declaration of the South Korean Citizens:  The Republic of Korea Proclaims and Emergency OneDear 50 million Korean people,...

Categories China/Defense/Druking/Economy/Japan/Lawfare/Media/Opinion Rigging/Security/Statements from Korean groups

April 25, 2019

South Korea’s Ruling Party, Smaller Opposition parties Agree to Fast Track Bills to Create Additional Independent Investigative Body Akin to North Korea’s Secret Police, Increase Unelected Officials, Silence Discussions on the 5.18 Gwangju Incident

2019-4-25, Tara O On April 8, 2019, the ruling Deobureo Minjoo Party (Democratic Party) threatened that if the election system reform agreement is not reached by April 10, 2019, then...

Categories 5.18/Censorship/Constitution/Law/Lawfare